붉은 테이프 (Red-tape) 뜻. 불필요해 보이고 늑장을 초래하는 규칙이나 절차.
1736년 잉글랜드에서 법률 서류를 묶는데 사용한 붉은색 테이프.
주로 관료주의 특징을 표현할 때 사용되는 단어이다.
You refer to official rules and procedures as red tape when they seem unnecessary and cause delay.
[disapproval]
The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
Synonyms: bureaucracy, the government, administration, the system
Synonyms of red tape
기원. 잉글랜드에서 법률 서류를 묶는데 사용한 붉은색 테이프.
Etymology
from the red tape formerly used to bind legal documents in England
First Known Use
1736, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of red tape was in 1736
