- [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 官僚主义；官僚作风 unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy 不必要的官僚式繁文缛节；过分的官僚作风 We need to reduce paperwork and bureaucracy in the company. 我们需要减少公司的文书工作和官僚作风。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1The organization has promised to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy. 该组织已承诺消除不必要的规章制度。 Family doctors have suffered from increasing bureaucracy. 家庭医生饱受官僚作风日益严重之苦。 She is initiating a project to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy. 她正发起一项计划，清除不必要的官僚作风。 Small businesses fear that complying with the code will lead to excessive bureaucracy and costs. 小企业担心遵守准则会导致过度的官僚主义和成本。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cumbersome
- excessive
- unnecessary
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- cut
- eliminate
- reduce
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- [uncountable, countable]
a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system 官僚体制；实行官僚体制的国家 the power of the state bureaucracy 国家官僚体制的权力 We are living in a modern bureaucracy. 我们生活在现代官僚体制中。
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1The local bureaucracy was not pleased by the new proposals. 当地的官僚机构对新提议不满意。 Many people believed that the state bureaucracy was corrupt. 许多人认为国家官僚体制很腐败。 Many of these states have large public bureaucracies of civil servants. 许多州都有庞大的公务员公共机构。 He had considerable influence over the top levels of the vast bureaucracy. 他对庞大官僚机构的高层有相当大的影响力。
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’.