bureaucratese
bureaucratese — 名詞
1. a way of writing or speaking that is difficult to understand because it uses lon
官僚用語
政府機構中使用的晦澀、正式且迂迴的語言
a way of writing or speaking that is difficult to understand because it uses long, formal words and indirect expressions, of the kind found in official government documents or business letters.
The government report was full of dense bureaucratese that even the committee members could not follow.
那份政府報告充滿了晦澀的官僚用語，連委員會成員都無法理解。
full of dense bureaucratese — common collocation
Citizens often complain that letters from the tax office are full of impenetrable bureaucratese.
民眾經常抱怨稅務機關寄來的信件充滿了難以理解的官僚用語。
full of [adjective] bureaucratese — typical collocation
The journalist translated the minister's announcement from bureaucratese into plain English for her readers.
那位記者將部長的聲明從官僚用語翻譯成平易近人的英文，以便讀者理解。
After years at city hall, Ms. Watanabe could not write an email without bureaucratese.
在市政府工作多年後，渡邊女士連寫一封電子郵件都少不了官僚用語。
The new policy was full of typical bureaucratese, with vague phrases like 'operational efficiency enhancement'.
這項新政策充滿了典型的官僚用語，使用了「提升營運效率」這類模糊的用詞。
- officialese
closer synonym, less common than bureaucratese
- jargon
broader term that covers any specialised vocabulary, not just government language
- gobbledygook
more informal and humorous, refers to language that is nonsense or hard to follow
- plain English
everyday language that is easy to understand
文法句型
bureaucratese + verb (singular)
in bureaucratese
full of bureaucratese
用法筆記
Common in informal criticism of official documents. The word carries a mildly negative tone and is not used in formal academic writing.