bureaucracy /bjuә'rɒkrәsi/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) nonelective government officials
- (n.) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
- (n.) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
Chinese translation
- n. 官僚, 官吏
- [法] 官僚主义, 官僚政治, 官僚机构
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /bjuә'rɒkrәsi/
- Syllables
- 4
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · IELTS · GRE
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.55 · Super Super Rare
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