Bureaucracy

[,bjʊ(ə)'rɒkrəsɪ] or [bjʊ'rɑkrəsi]

解释:

(noun.) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape.

(noun.) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials.

(noun.) nonelective government officials.

录入:厄普顿--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

(n.) Government officials, collectively.

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解释:

n. a system of government centralised in graded series of officials responsible only to their chiefs and controlling every detail of public and private life.—ns. Bureau′crat Bureau′cratist one who advocates government by bureaucracy.—adj. Bureaucrat′ic relating to or having the nature of a bureaucracy.—adv. Bureaucrat′ically.

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