red tape

• n. 官样文章；繁文缛节

英英释义

Noun:

1. needlessly time-consuming procedure

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. English bureaucracy seems to have swathed in red tape at its birth.
   英国的官僚机构看来从诞生之日起就受官样文章的束缚。
2. He had to go through courts and lawyers.And trude through miles of red tape.
   他不得不不通过法庭和律师，在漫长的官样文章中跋涉。
3. The application has been held up by red tape.
   申请被官僚的繁文缛节所耽搁。
4. Red tape encumbered all our attempts at action.
   繁文缛节阻碍了我们为采取行动而作的所有努力。

经典引文

• Museum fellows..as much bureaucrats as..scholarsstied up by a lot of red tape.

  出自： A. Wilson

近反义词

【近义词】

• formality 礼节