bureaucracy
🇺🇸
/bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi/
🇬🇧
/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/
noun
C1
A system of many rules and procedures used by governments or organizations, often making things slow and complicated.
The bureaucracy in government offices makes it hard to get things done quickly.
政府辦公室的官僚制度使得快速辦事變得困難。
C1
A government run by officials who are not elected, or a country with such a government.
The country's bureaucracy controls many aspects of daily life.
該國的官僚體系控制著日常生活的許多方面。
translation
官僚體系, 官僚政府
詞形變化
Plural
bureaucracies