大家好，今天我們分享的一個表達用法是「red tape」, 它的含義並不是指「紅色的膠帶」，真正的含義是：
red tape 官僚習氣 ； 繁文縟節
We must cut through the red tape.
我們必須迅速克服這些官僚氣息。
You have to go through endless red tape to get a residence permit.
你必須經過無盡的繁文縟節去獲得一個居民許可證。
I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.
我不想再去搞籤證了，繁文縟節太多。
bureaucratic 官僚政治的，官僚主義的
The company was inefficient because it was highly bureaucratic.
那家公司效率低下是因為官僚主義嚴重。
bureaucratic 繁文縟節的
I had a lot of bureaucratic hassle trying to get the information I needed.
為了得到我所需要的信息，我費盡周折應對繁文縟節。