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- redundant [rɪ'd^ndənt]
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1.
adj
surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous
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2.
adj
verbose or tautological
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3.
adj
deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation
- he has been made redundant
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4.
adj
(of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc
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5.
adj
[Etymology]
C17: from Latin redundans overflowing, from redund
a re to run back, stream over; seeredound
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1.
adj
surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous
Examples
- to be made redundant
- [worker+] 被裁员 → redundant
- his twenty years went for nothing when he was made redundant → go for
- he has been made redundant → redundant
- 裁减冗员
- reduce redundant personnel → 冗员
- 让一些闲富的人员返家待聘
- send redundant personnel home to await re-employment → 闲富
- 人浮于事、虚职过多
- overstaffed and with too many redundant positions → 虚职
- 他的这篇报告里都是冗词赘句, 听者越来越不耐烦。
- His report is full of redundant words and repetitive expressions, the audience are getting impatient. → 冗词赘句
- 那家跨国集团决定精减所有部门的闲员。
- The international company decided to lay off its redundant staff in all its departments. → 闲员
- 缩句就是在不改变原意的条件下将句子的羡余部分去掉。
- Abbreviating a sentence means cutting out the redundant parts of the sentence without changing its original meaning. → 羡余
- 冗员
- redundant personnel → 冗
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