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1·The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.

可支配的那点点钱都花在官僚主义的繁文缛节上了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.

我不想再去搞签证了，繁文缛节太多。《新英汉大辞典》

3·Red tape encumbered all our attempts at action.

繁文缛节阻碍了我们为采取行动而作的所有努力。

4·And that is what has happened to America in recent years, as its satellite industry has been entangled in Gordian knots of red tape.

而这正是最近几年美国所经历的，就像它自己卫星工业就纠结于繁文缛节的难题之中。

5·One way of injecting more dynamism into Central America's economies would be by improving transport links and cutting red tape.

要为中美洲经济注入更多活力，方法之一就是加强交通运输建设，同时削减繁文缛节。

6·Banks will complain about red tape, but if any information is important, it is surely this.

银行会抱怨官样文章的繁琐，但是如果有什么信息是重要的，必然是这个。

7·Employment regulations were also mentioned by half the businesses as burdensome, with 29 per cent citing planning red tape.

有半数企业提出雇佣监管比较繁重，29%的企业举例列举了官方规划方面的繁文缛节。

8·Advocates say the proliferation of red tape has made society fairer, or safer, or some other imagined improvement.

拥护者们会说，繁文缛节的泛滥让社会变得更公平、更安全，或是带来了其它某种他们想象中的改进。

9·THE reconstruction of Japan's Tohoku region, hit by earthquake, tsunami and fears of radiation, risks being held back by red tape and high business costs.

日本东北部的灾后(地震，海啸，辐射)重建并非易事，恼人的繁文缛节和高昂的企业成本是其严重绊脚石。

10·In France red tape snares most would-be home birthers; the costs are not fully reimbursed, as they are for births in hospital.

在法国，繁文缛节束缚了大多数准备家里生产的产妇；生孩子的花费不会同在医院生孩子一样全额报销。