bureaucracy

Word family nounbureaucratbureaucratistbureaucratizationbureaucracyadjectivebureaucraticadverbbureaucraticallyverbbureaucratize

Related topics: Government

bu·reauc·ra·cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi $ bjʊˈrɑː-/ noun (plural bureaucracies)

1 [uncountableU]PGCOMPLICATED a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc 官僚制度；官僚作风；官僚主义 → red tape

the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy

消除不必要的官僚体制

2. [countableC, uncountableU]PG the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc 官僚〔指政府、企业等中雇用而非选举产生的官员的总称〕

Examples from the Corpus

bureaucracy• In fact, without evolutionary and learning pressures, the society of mind in a brain would turn into a bureaucracy.• He disliked committee procedures and bureaucracy.• The Bill perpetuates all the anomalies, unfairness, regional variations and bureaucracy that made the poll tax unpopular.• The EU bureaucracy in Brussels has grown in size and authority.• The company's huge bureaucracy limits creativity and independent thinking.• The organization is made up of 346,000 lawyers, you see, and there is bureaucracy on top of bureaucracy.• We need less bureaucracy in the school system - teachers should be allowed to make more decisions.• The consequence may well be the forms of bureaucracy that so occupy the attention of administrative reformers.• In the leaner 1990s that headquarters glamour is increasingly seen as gluttony - an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and overheads.• One more small step away from control by elected officials and toward a government run by the bureaucracy.• Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.

From Longman Business Dictionary

bureaucracybu·reauc·ra·cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi bjʊˈrɑː-/ noun (plural bureaucracies)

1[countableC] a system of government that uses a large number of departments and officials

a powerful centralized bureaucracy

2[uncountableU] disapproving all the complicated rules and processes of an official system, especially when they are confusing or responsible for causing a delay

the mountain of bureaucracy which blocks the path of aid workers trying to bring help to a country in desperate need

Origin bureaucracy

(1800-1900) French bureaucracie, from bureau ( → BUREAU) + -cracie “-cracy”

词汇	bureaucracy
释义	bureaucracy Word family nounbureaucratbureaucratistbureaucratizationbureaucracyadjectivebureaucraticadverbbureaucraticallyverbbureaucratize Related topics: Government bu·reauc·ra·cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi $ bjʊˈrɑː-/ ●○○ noun (plural bureaucracies) 1 [uncountableU]PGCOMPLICATED a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc 官僚制度；官僚作风；官僚主义 → red tape the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy 消除不必要的官僚体制 2. [countableC, uncountableU]PG the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc 官僚〔指政府、企业等中雇用而非选举产生的官员的总称〕 Examples from the Corpus bureaucracy• In fact, without evolutionary and learning pressures, the society of mind in a brain would turn into a bureaucracy.• He disliked committee procedures and bureaucracy.• The Bill perpetuates all the anomalies, unfairness, regional variations and bureaucracy that made the poll tax unpopular.• The EU bureaucracy in Brussels has grown in size and authority.• The company's huge bureaucracy limits creativity and independent thinking.• The organization is made up of 346,000 lawyers, you see, and there is bureaucracy on top of bureaucracy.• We need less bureaucracy in the school system - teachers should be allowed to make more decisions.• The consequence may well be the forms of bureaucracy that so occupy the attention of administrative reformers.• In the leaner 1990s that headquarters glamour is increasingly seen as gluttony - an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and overheads.• One more small step away from control by elected officials and toward a government run by the bureaucracy.• Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy. From Longman Business Dictionary bureaucracybu·reauc·ra·cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi bjʊˈrɑː-/ noun (plural bureaucracies) 1[countableC] a system of government that uses a large number of departments and officials a powerful centralized bureaucracy 2[uncountableU] disapproving all the complicated rules and processes of an official system, especially when they are confusing or responsible for causing a delay the mountain of bureaucracy which blocks the path of aid workers trying to bring help to a country in desperate need Origin bureaucracy (1800-1900) French bureaucracie, from bureau ( → BUREAU) + -cracie “-cracy”
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