1. | [u] 官僚主义;官僚作风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 |
unnecessary/excessive bureaucracy 不必要的官僚式繁文缛节;过分的官僚作风 |
2. | [u][c] 官僚体制;实行官僚体制的国家a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system |
the power of the state bureaucracy 国家官僚体制的权力 | |
living in a modern bureaucracy 生活在一个现代官僚体制中 |