The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
— Brooks Atkinson  ·  Bureaucracy

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perfect ['pɝfɪkt] 词频1 词根: fac
adj. 完美的;正确的;优秀的;极好的; n. [语]完成时;
💡 per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的；完全的
"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
大家都喜欢我父亲—他是真正的君子。
近义：improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate 反义：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished
everywhere ['ɛvrɪwɛr] 词频1
adv. 到处，处处，无论什么地方;四下里;漫;匝地;
💡 every每个的+where地方→ ad.到处，处处
"Everywhere you look, you can see glass and concrete monstrosities going up."
到处你都能看到玻璃和混凝土的庞然大物拔地而起.
近义：anyplace, anywhere, everyplace, throughout, whithersoever 反义：noplace
escape [ə'skep] 词频1 词根: 抓住
v. 逃脱;逃离;躲过;泄露; n. 逃走;逃跑工具或方法;野生种;泄漏; adj. 使逃避困难的;使规避问题的;
💡 es(ex-=out)+cape(无袖的短外套)→逃脱；逃走
"We had to break the door out to escape from the fire."
我们不得不把门砸开以逃避火灾.
近义：abscond, absquatulate, slink, bolt, run, lurk 反义：remain, abide
responsibility [rɪ,spɑnsə'bɪləti] 词频2 词根: spond
n. 责任;职责;责任感，责任心;负责任;
💡 re 再、重复 + spons承诺 + ibility 抽象名词 → n. (U)责任,责任心; 职责,义务
"The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident."
法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
近义：obligation, obstriction, onus, commitment, duty, function 反义：flippancy, authorization, permission
bureaucrat ['bjuərəukræt]
n. 官僚;官僚主义，官僚主义者;
"He was just another faceless bureaucrat."
他只不过是一个典型呆板的官员.
近义：officeholder
manages
v. 管理；负责；控制；设法对付（manage的三单形式）

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— Unknown
"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status."
— Laurence J. Peter
"Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy."
— Charles Peters
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty."
— Eugene McCarthy
"Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned."
— Milton Friedman
"The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up."
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