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词组 red tape
释义 red tape
noun
excessive formality; bureaucratic obstacles UK, 1837
Originally a literal term, referring to the red-coloured tape used in securing legal documents; later used figuratively.
  • You know what a stickler she is for procedure–“red-tape” I called it to her–I can tell you she was almost in tears. — Terry Southern, Flash and Filigree, p. 55, 1958
  • It’s a hard life down there so they learn to cut through the U.S. red tape. — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 143, 1993
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