paper chase
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈpaper chase noun [countable] informal DGOan official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents 繁冗的文书工作，繁文缛节 → bureaucracy, red tape
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paper chase• I was asked to do a straight forward paper chase, as we call it, and a few interviews.• She had gotten involved in the paper chase to obtain U.S. citizenship.ˈpaper chase nounChineseSyllable
process you an official Corpus from that prevents
paper chase
ˈpaper chase
noun [countable] informal
an official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents ⇨ bureaucracy, red tape
ˈpaper chase
noun [countable] informalan official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents ⇨ bureaucracy, red tape