bureaucratese
/byoor-uh-kra-teez, -tees, byoo-rok-ruh-/US // ˌbyʊər ə kræˈtiz, -ˈtis, byʊˌrɒk rə- //
官僚主义
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a style of language, used especially by bureaucrats, that is full of circumlocutions, euphemisms, buzzwords, abstractions, etc.
Examples
The Task Force report is a blend of modern bureaucratese and the old Judeo-Christian tradition of the jeremiad.
They had him translate American bureaucratese into Cambodian.
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