- [uncountable] (often disapproving)
the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated 官僚主義；官僚作風 unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy 不必要的官僚式繁文缛節；過分的官僚作風 We need to reduce paperwork and bureaucracy in the company. 我們需要減少公司的文書工作和官僚作風。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1The organization has promised to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy. 該組織已承諾消除不必要的規章制度。 Family doctors have suffered from increasing bureaucracy. 家庭醫生飽受官僚作風日益嚴重之苦。 She is initiating a project to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy. 她正發起一項計劃，清除不必要的官僚作風。 Small businesses fear that complying with the code will lead to excessive bureaucracy and costs. 小企業擔心遵守準則會導致過度的官僚主義和成本。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cumbersome
- excessive
- unnecessary
- …
- cut
- eliminate
- reduce
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a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system 官僚體制；實行官僚體制的國家 the power of the state bureaucracy 國家官僚體制的權力 We are living in a modern bureaucracy. 我們生活在現代官僚體制中。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1The local bureaucracy was not pleased by the new proposals. 當地的官僚機構對新提議不滿意。 Many people believed that the state bureaucracy was corrupt. 許多人認爲國家官僚體制很腐敗。 Many of these states have large public bureaucracies of civil servants. 許多州都有龐大的公務員公共機構。 He had considerable influence over the top levels of the vast bureaucracy. 他對龐大官僚機構的高層有相當大的影響力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- huge
- large
- massive
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French bureaucratie, from bureau, originally ‘baize’ (used to cover writing desks), from Old French burel, probably from bure ‘dark brown’, based on Greek purros ‘red’.