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redundancy
  • Conjugation : pl  redundancies
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

redundancy [rɪ'd^ndənsɪ]
  1. 1. noun [BRIT] [c] (dismissal) 冗员[美 = layoff]
  2. 2. noun [u] (being dismissed) 裁员
    compulsory redundancy
    强行裁员
    voluntary redundancy
    自愿减员

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

redundancy [rɪ'dʌndənsɪ] [rɪ'dʌndənsɪ]
  1. 1. noun 过多多余冗长累赘
  2. 2. noun 过多的
  3. 3. noun 赘言
  4. 4. noun 多余物;多余部分
  5. 5. noun [Aeronautics] 可靠性)余度;重复

Collins English-English Dictionary

redundancy [rɪ'd^ndənsɪ]
  1. 1. n the state or condition of being redundant or superfluous, esp superfluous in one's job
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    a redundancy payment
  3. 3. n excessive proliferation or profusion, esp of superfluity
  4. 4. n duplication of components in electronic or mechanical equipment so that operations can continue following failure of a part
  5. 5. n repetition of information or inclusion of additional information to reduce errors in telecommunication transmissions and computer processing

Examples

compulsory redundancy
强行裁员
The legal contract specifies my status in terms of tenure, salary, pension, dismissal, redundancy, discipline, etc.
合法契约详述了我在任期、薪酬、退休金、解雇、裁员和纪律等问题上的地位。
a redundancy payment
the spectre of redundancy
衍文
redundancy due to misprinting or mis-copying

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