red-tape

基本解释

There is too much red-tape in obtaining an identity card.
领身份证的手续实在太繁琐了。初中生学习机哪种好？
Yet, Cech's comeback could be delayed by a red-tape row over his head guard.
但是切赫的回归可能会被推迟，拜那些围绕着他的头盔的繁文缛节的审批所赐。
Although the IFC has not been publishing red-tape league tables for long, it has already shamed most of the world's governments into cutting a few pointless rules (see chart).
尽管IFC出版这份官僚主义排行榜时间还不长，但已令世界多数国家感到羞愧，并削减了一些毫无意义的规定。

Since then, ports have been upgraded, roads tarred, and red-tape at border crossings trimmed.
ECONOMIST: Africa with no rain, or too much
They give their best customers the red-carpet treatment, not the red-tape treatment with onerous new regulations.
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The Colorado legislature has slashed the price of government red-tape for permitting solar power arrays.
FORBES: Colorado Slashes Cost of Solar Permits

You refer to official rules and procedures as red tape when they seem unnecessary and cause delay.