green tape

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Time-consuming bureaucratic procedures or regulations relating to environmental concerns.

    贬义 不可数

    “We were bitterly disappointed with the pull back on the green tape reduction and we felt the federal government had been held hostage by the Greens for their electoral fortunes,” Mr Nicholls told The Australian Financial Review.

词源

From green (“environmentally friendly”) and red tape (“bureaucratic regulations”).

来源：wiktionary