red tape

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Red tape encumbered all our attempts at action.
繁文縟節(jié)阻礙了我們?yōu)椴扇⌒袆佣鞯乃信Α?/li>
Management allowed engineers to take equipment home whenever they needed to, without having to go through a lot of red tape.
管理層允許工程師在他們需要的任何時候把設(shè)備帶回家而不需要通過任何繁文縟節(jié)。
Businessmen complain that the red tape for employers who want to hire third-country nationals is already onerous, and that their role is not to act as government snoopers for illegal migrants.
商人們抱怨道，那些想要雇傭第三國家公民的雇主已經(jīng)需要面對復(fù)雜的繁文縟節(jié)，而他們也不愿稱為政府對付非法移民的秘密線人。

They cut through all the red tape and they finally made it happen. And there it is.
Working in Russia can be full of bureaucratic red tape for the average citizen.

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