red tape

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Related topics: Officials

ˌred ˈtape noun [uncountableU]

PGOCOMPLICATEDofficial rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily 繁琐费时的手续；繁文缛节 → bureaucracy

a procedure surrounded by bureaucracy and red tape

充斥着官僚作风和繁文缛节的程序

The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers.

新规则应有助于为农场主减少繁琐费时的手续。

Examples from the Corpus

red tape• All the bureaucratic disclosures and red tape in the country can not offset either.• There are regulations, laws and red tape.• But red tape is not the only or even the main problem.• It talks about only another layer of government and more red tape and state control, not less.• Richard Pombo, R-Calif., who sponsored the guest worker amendment, said the current program involves too much red tape.• Many blame Britain's decline on too much red tape.• Former rally driver Jean Denton is battling to reduce red tape and bureaucratic burdens on small firms and start-ups.• U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers.• What annoyed me most was the red tape.

From Longman Business Dictionary

red tapeˌred ˈtape noun [uncountableU]

official rules that seem complicated and unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily

The only way to get this project off the ground is to cut through the red tape.

Planning permission is tied up in red tape.

单词	red tape
释义	red tape Word family verbreddenadjectivereddishreddyred-bloodedredbrickred-facedredhandedred-hotrednounreddishnessrednessred alertredbackredbellyredbreastredbudredcapred cardredcoatRed CrescentRed Crossredcurrantredfishred flagred giantredheadredlegred meatredneckredpollredrootredshankredshirtredskinredstartredstreakred taperedtopred-topredwaterredwingredwoodadverbredly Related topics: Officials ˌred ˈtape noun [uncountableU] PGOCOMPLICATEDofficial rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily 繁琐费时的手续；繁文缛节 → bureaucracy a procedure surrounded by bureaucracy and red tape 充斥着官僚作风和繁文缛节的程序 The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers. 新规则应有助于为农场主减少繁琐费时的手续。 Examples from the Corpus red tape• All the bureaucratic disclosures and red tape in the country can not offset either.• There are regulations, laws and red tape.• But red tape is not the only or even the main problem.• It talks about only another layer of government and more red tape and state control, not less.• Richard Pombo, R-Calif., who sponsored the guest worker amendment, said the current program involves too much red tape.• Many blame Britain's decline on too much red tape.• Former rally driver Jean Denton is battling to reduce red tape and bureaucratic burdens on small firms and start-ups.• U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers.• What annoyed me most was the red tape. From Longman Business Dictionary red tapeˌred ˈtape noun [uncountableU] official rules that seem complicated and unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily The only way to get this project off the ground is to cut through the red tape. Planning permission is tied up in red tape.
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