| 释义 |
‖ paperasserie|papərasəri|
[Fr.]
An accumulation of paper-work; administrative red tape.
1928Observer 22 July 12 The Frenchman loves to make fun of ‘paperasserie’, the elaborate and meticulous bureaucracy, whose spirit he really admires in his heart. 1955D. Barton Glorious Life 123 Even though I make a great parade of enthusiasm and am far too conscientious about my work.., all this paperasserie is not my element. 1965New Statesman 21 May 809/1 The complaints universally made against Indian administrators today—delay and file-passing—seem to be just the complaints that Curzon made against the British administrators of his time. His first battle was against paperasserie. |