redundant
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Something that is redundant is unnecessary, for example, because it is no longer needed or because its job is being done by something else. 多餘的
Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant. 技術(shù)的變化可能意味著從前受重眡的技巧現(xiàn)在變得多餘了。
2. ADJ If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you. 被裁減的[英國(guó)英語] [商業(yè)]
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redundant /r??d?nd?nt/
劍橋詞典
- The company was losing money and it had to make people redundant.
- She was made redundant a year ago and hasn't found any work since.
- They're threatening to make a third of the workforce redundant.
- She was told she was being made redundant yesterday .
- He was made redundant and given a big pay-off. 返回 redundant
redundant adjective (NOT NEEDED)
(especially of a word, phrase, etc.) unnecessary because it is more than is needed（尤指詞、短語等）多餘的，不需要的，累贅的，囉唆的
In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word "unmarried " is redundant. 在句子 She is a single unmarried woman 中，unmarried 一詞是多餘的。
redundant adjective (NOT EMPLOYED)
B2 UKhaving lost your job because your employer no longer needs you
失業(yè)的，被解雇的，被裁減的
To keep the company alive , half the workforce is being made redundant. 爲(wèi)了使公司生存下去，一半的員工要被裁掉。
figurative New technology often makes old skills and even whole communities redundant. 新技術(shù)常常會(huì)使古老的技藝甚至是某個(gè)行業(yè)完全消失。
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