bureaucracy
bureaucracy 英 [bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi] 美 [bjʊˈrɑkrəsi]
n. 官僚主义；官僚机构；官僚政治
名词复数:bureaucracies
- A bureaucracy is an organization made up of many departments and divisions that are administered by lots of people. If you've ever had to deal with health insurance or financial aid, you're familiar with the dark side of bureaucracy.
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- n. 官僚主义；官僚机构；官僚政治
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1. unnecessary bureaucracy, excessive bureaucracy
不必要的官僚式繁文缛节；过分的官僚作风
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2. the power of the state bureaucracy
国家官僚体制的权力
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3. living in a modern bureaucracy
生活在一个现代官僚体制中
- bureaucracy (n.) "government by bureaus," especially "tyrannical officialdom," excessive multiplication of administrative bureaus and concentration of power in them, in reference to their tendency to interfere in private matters and be inefficient and inflexible, 1818, from French bureaucratie, coined by French economist Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759) on model of democratie, aristocratie, from bureau "office," literally "desk" (see bureau) + Greek suffix -kratia denoting "power of" (see -cracy).
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