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red tape繁文缛节

例句：It takes weeks to get through the red tape.
      办完这些繁琐的手续得需要几个星期。

      The application has been held up by red tape.
       申请被官僚的繁文缛节所耽搁。

2.A principal says that program is really taking a bite out of the bullies.

take a bite out of大幅削减

例句：Rezoning took a bite out of the town's residential area.
      重新分区后在城市住宅区占了一小块地方

3.That's what one group in Atlanta is doing, digging down to build up successfully young women.

build up逐步建立, 增进, 增强,使增大

例句：The pressure on the enemy is building up.
      对敌人的压力在不断加强。

宣扬, 夸赞, 吹捧(某人或某物)

例句：He's building me up too much—I may disappoint him.
      他将我捧上了天, 我可能会令他失望。

      The singer has been built up into a great success.
      那位歌唱家受到了夸赞, 以致红了起来。