Bureaucracy



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解释

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• n. 官僚政治

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -cies)

• Etymology: French bureaucratie, from bureau + -cratie -cracy
• Date: 1818
• 1.
  • a. a body of nonelective government officials
  • b. an administrative policy-making group
• 2. government characterized by specialization of functions, adherence to fixed rules, and a hierarchy of authority
• 3. a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation

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