red-tape

基本解釋

There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.
領(lǐng)身份證的手續(xù)實在太繁瑣了。初中生學(xué)習(xí)機哪種好？
Yet, Cech's comeback could be delayed by a red-tape row over his head guard.
但是切赫的回歸可能會被推遲，拜那些圍繞著他的頭盔的繁文縟節(jié)的審批所賜。
Although the IFC has not been publishing red-tape league tables for long, it has already shamed most of the world's governments into cutting a few pointless rules (see chart).
盡管IFC出版這份官僚主義排行榜時間還不長，但已令世界多數(shù)國家感到羞愧，并削減了一些毫無意義的規(guī)定。

Since then, ports have been upgraded, roads tarred, and red-tape at border crossings trimmed.
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They give their best customers the red-carpet treatment, not the red-tape treatment with onerous new regulations.
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The Colorado legislature has slashed the price of government red-tape for permitting solar power arrays.
FORBES: Colorado Slashes Cost of Solar Permits

You refer to official rules and procedures as red tape when they seem unnecessary and cause delay.