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 snags almost every activity.
几乎任何活动都会遇到繁文缛节的麻烦。
4·Red tape is being cut.
繁文缛节正被削减。
5·Red tape will be cut.
繁文缛节也将会被删减。
6·Private firms are strangled with red tape.
私人企业则被官方颁布的繁文缛节扼杀。
7·India is still tangled up in red tape.
印度仍然纠结于各种繁琐程序之中。
8·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。
9·Businessmen complain that too much red tape clogs their way.
商人们抱怨太多的繁文缛节阻碍他们的道路。
10·Third, European entrepreneurs must still contend with thick red tape.
第三大限制是，欧洲企业家至今仍要同恼人的“繁文缛节”做抗争。
1·They have got stuck in the red tape for which France is infamous - not to mention regulations from Brussels that affect everything from sales taxes to the bacteria in the Brie cheese.
他们陷入繁文缛节使得法国声名狼籍——更不用提布鲁塞尔的那些条条框框，从销售税到布里干酪里的细菌含量，这些条条框框的影响远处不在。
2·We are able to respond very quickly as we have no red tape, and no need for higher management approval.
我们可以非常快速地反应，因为我们没有繁文缛节，没有必要接受高权限的管理审批,等等。
3·Faced with more taxes, thickets of red tape, interference with pay and a new and hostile regulator, the Bank of England, these firms darkly hint that they might move elsewhere.
多种税收和错综复杂的繁文缛节，薪金受干涉以及新的敌对监管者英格兰银行，面对这些，三家银行含蓄暗示将搬离到其他地方。
4·We can respond very quickly as we have no red tape, no need for higher management approval, etc.
我们可以非常快速地反应，因为我们没有繁文缛节，没有必要接受高权限的管理审批等等。
5·Executives complain, though, that red tape and other non-tariff barriers are a far bigger hurdle.
然而，管理人员却抱怨，繁文缛节与其他非关税壁垒是更大的拦路石。