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单词 redundancy
释义
redundancy
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/us
/rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/

redundancynoun[C or U](NOT EMPLOYED)

C1UK
asituationin which someonelosestheirjobbecausetheiremployerdoes not need them:
失业，被解雇，被裁减
Theeconomicdownturnhasmeant10,000 redundancies in the Northeast.由于经济衰退，东北地区有一万人失业。
She tookvoluntaryredundancy.她选择了自愿裁汰。
More examples
  • Iliveindreadof redundancy.
  • There's a lot of redundancy in thearea.
  • He was sofedup atworkthat redundancy wasstartingtolookquiteappealing.
  • Somepeoplewouldoptfor redundancyratherthanredeployment.
  • They gotridof 80staffin thelatestround of redundancies.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Types of employment
  • admin
  • administrative
  • administrative assistant
  • administratively
  • at the coalfaceidiom
  • jobless
  • joblessness
  • jobseeker
  • labour-intensive
  • lackey
  • professionality
  • qualified
  • recertify
  • redundant
  • retcon
  • well qualified
  • WFH
  • white-collar
  • who's whoidiom
  • wilderness yearsidiom
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redundancynoun[C or U](NOT NEEDED)

asituationin which something isunnecessarybecause it is more than isneeded:
（尤指词、短语等的）多余，累赘，啰唆
Theaircrafthas sevencomputersystemsrunninginparallel, so as toprovideenough redundancy tocopewithcomputerbreakdowns.
languagespecialized
theunnecessaryuse of more than one word or phrasemeaningthe same thing:
Avoid redundancy orunnecessarywords.
"The phrase 'humourlessworkplace' is a redundancy," he says.
Synonym
tautology
More examples
  • He said thesymposiumhas beeninvaluableinreducingredundancy inresearch.
  • All theprogramsare beingscrutinizedforeffectiveness, and there is anemphasisonseekingout andeliminatingredundancies.
  • In thecaseofimages,considerableredundancy can befoundsimplybylocatingpartsof theimagethat are the same.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Too much and unnecessary
  • avalanche
  • be up toyourneck (insomething)idiom
  • bellyful
  • binge
  • carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom
  • de trop
  • drown
  • gush
  • hyper
  • immoderate
  • immoderately
  • inessential
  • insatiable
  • overdose
  • plenty
  • pleonasm
  • pleonastic
  • plethora
  • proliferation
  • weighsomeone/somethingdown
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(Definition ofredundancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
redundancy
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/us
/rɪˈdʌn.dən.si/

redundancynoun(NOT EMPLOYED)

C1[CorU]UK
asituationin which someonelosestheirjobbecausetheiremployerdoes not need them
失业，被解雇，被裁减
Theeconomicdownturnhasmeant10,000 redundancies in the Northeast.由于经济衰退，东北地区有一万人失业。
She tookvoluntaryredundancy.她选择了自愿裁汰。
More examples
  • Iliveindreadof redundancy.
  • There's a lot of redundancy in thearea.
  • He was sofedup atworkthat redundancy wasstartingtolookquietappealing.
  • Somepeoplewouldoptfor redundancyratherthanredeployment.
  • They gotridof 80staffin thelatestround of redundancies.

redundancynoun(NOT NEEDED)

[U]
asituationin which something isunnecessarybecause it is more than isneeded
（尤指词、短语等的）多余，累赘，啰唆

redundancy| Business English

redundancy
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈdʌndənsi/us
pluralredundancies
HR
asituationin which someonelosestheirjobbecausetheiremployerdoes not need them:
Thetakeoverisexpectedtoresultin over 1,000 redundancies.
be threatened with/face redundancy200workersat theplantfaceredundancy.
volunteer for/take redundancyEmployeesfeeltheironlyoptionsare tomoveor take redundancy.
compulsory/voluntary redundancyThebankhasaskedits700supportstafftoconsidervoluntaryredundancy.
heavy/large-scale/widespreadredundancies
aredundancyprogramme/scheme
redundancycosts
aredundancynotice
Compare
layoff

See also

collective redundancy
voluntary redundancy
(Definition ofredundancyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofredundancy

redundancy
The project was a response to the large number of redundancies that occurred when the town's railway works closed in 1986.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are usually functional redundancies in the system provided by its components, which are overlooked because of the lack of information.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Exploring a long list to remove redundancies takes too much time unless potentially redundant expressions are grouped together.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In order to successfully communicate with an audience, we have to rely on the redundancies already proven to work within the small neighbourhoods.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We hope that this presentation method avoids redundancies in the description and enhances readability of the paper.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition to the above substantive criticisms, it must be noted that the book contains numerous redundancies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, it can be argued that actuation redundancies are force redundancies in some sense.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Practically, a cable manipulator with 16 cables has too many redundancies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Methods for the elimination of these redundancies are presented.
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Theorems 1 and 9 say that the more restrictive a semantics is, the more redundancies there are for the arguments of function symbols.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All the three methods to detect redundancies are different and useful.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Where there were redundancies, the expectation was that these would not be age-related.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Malaysians have their brand of prefixes, suffixes, redundancies, synonyms, adjectives or appellations - with local colloquialisms making major inroads into our daily lives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am interested simply in establishing that universal and language-particular principles conspire in any language to specify extensive sequential redundancies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The change in the posttreatment productive repertoire was segmental only, and it qualitatively impacted phonemic redundancies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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