今天我们要学的词是bureaucracy。 Bureaucracy, 官僚。美国国防部长盖茨上周末公开对军方庞大的官僚体制提出批评。 "Gates took aim at what he called a bloated bureaucracy," 他还保证要亲自过问，精简军方的官僚机构。 "He is looking to save $10 billion by trimming the bureaucracy," 希望通过官僚机构的精简，节省100亿美元的预算经费。

墨西哥湾大规模石油泄露事件发生后， "Authorities are looking to set up a system for claims that will not get bogged down in bureaucracy," 有关部门正在筹划建立一个索赔系统，保证不受官僚系统的羁绊。好的，今天我们学习的词是bureaucracy...