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bureaucratic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bu·reau·crat·ic /ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk◂ $ ˌbjʊr-/ ●○○ adjective  COMPLICATEDinvolving a lot of complicated official rules and processes 官僚的;官僚主义的bureaucratically /-kli/ adverb
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bureaucraticThe procedure for getting funding approval is so bureaucratic!Yet government was not in any strict sense bureaucratic.Postmodernism points to a more organic, less differentiated enclave of organization than those dominated by the bureaucratic designs of modernity.By some bureaucratic error I was never recalled, and because of this I never became a Giovane Fascista.The administrators in Gamma behave in accordance with the bureaucratic ideal.The assumption that large authorities are costly and bureaucratic is wrong, according to the Regional Council.But the bureaucratic model developed in conditions very different from those we experience today.Trying to enforce the law regulating the length of passenger buses has been a bureaucratic nightmare.One such is the following chart, which can be used to devise typical bureaucratic phrases that sound impressive but mean nothing.Chennault and Alsop were losing the bureaucratic war.
From Longman Business Dictionarybureaucraticbu‧reau‧crat‧ic /ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk◂ˌbjʊr-/ adjective disapproving involving or having a lot of complicated and unnecessary official rulesThe group has had a history of being very bureaucratic and very slow moving
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bureaucratic
bureaucratic /ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk◂ $ ˌbjʊr-/ adjective
involving a lot of complicated official rules and processes
—bureaucratically /-kli/ adverb


bur·eau·crat·icBrE /ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪk/ 🔊 adjective (often disapproving) connected with a bureaucracy or bureaucrats and involving complicated official rules which may seem unnecessary 官僚的;官僚主义的bureaucratic power/control/procedures/organizations 官僚权力/管理/程序/组织The report revealed a great deal of bureaucratic inefficiency. 报道大量揭示了官僚体制的无能。🔊🔊 bur·eau·crat·ic·al·ly BrE /ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪkli/ 🔊 adverb