red tape

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英語[編輯]

Bundle of US pension documents from 1906 bound in red tape
一捆用紅帶子捆起來的1906年的美國養老金文件

詞源[編輯]

一般認為指以前用紅帶子將政府文件綁起來的習慣。

發音[編輯]

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red tape (不可數)

英語維基百科有一篇文章關於:
維基百科 en
  1. 曾用來將重要文件捆起來的紅膠帶
    • Template:RQ:Besant Ivory Gate
      At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
  2. (轉喻, 俗語) 繁文縟節繁雜手續
    近義詞: administriviaadministrativiapaperwork
    All the red tape and paperwork that goes on there prevents any progress.
    那邊要辦一大堆手續,工作根本沒法繼續。
    • 2022年10月5日,David Wallace-Wells,「Progressives Should Rally Around a Clean Energy Construction Boom」,出自 The New York Times[1]:
      One conspicuous cost of the compromise reached was a promise made by Senator Chuck Schumer to Manchin on what was vaguely called permitting reform: a catchall phrase referring to a whole host of efforts to cut red tape and ease the rollout of energy infrastructure.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)

用法說明[編輯]

  • 比喻義一般使用加長構式cutting [through] red tapebound up in red tape

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