The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.

能用的那点儿小钱被繁文缛节拖得遥遥无期。

柯林斯例句

I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.

我不想再去搞签证了, 繁文缛节太多.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

There is too much red tape in this office.

这个办公场所官僚作风严重.

辞典例句

It takes weeks to get through the red tape.

办完这些繁琐的手续得需要几个星期.

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Applying for approval involves a great deal of red tape.

申请批准牵涉许多繁文缛节.

辞典例句

We had to go through all the red tape.

我们摆脱不了那些繁杂的公事程序.

辞典例句

The PWA was mired in red tape.

公共工程管理局陷于官样文章的困境之中.

辞典例句

Is there any red tape involved in starting up any form of business?

开办企业有何法律规定?

口语例句

How much longer will it take all the red tape to get through?

还要多久才能办完这些繁琐手续?

口语例句

Perhaps you'd prefer to avoid the red tape.

或者你更愿意躲开那些官样文章.

电影对白

Efficiency is undermined in a jungle of red tape.

效率就淹没在使人如入迷津的繁琐手续之中.

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But most venues are either rotting or bound in red tape.

但大部分比赛场所或是逐渐破损,或是缠着红胶带.

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Frequently aid gets lost in a jungle of red tape.

援助经常遗失在付出国的关卡上.

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They usually have lots of red tape, turf wars and are risk - averse.

它们通常有着大量的繁文缛节, 打地盘战或不愿承担风险.

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Red tape everywhere I went. They sent me from pillar to post.

到处都是繁文缛节,我到任何地方他们都推诿不办.

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