redundant 详细解释

redundant

[ri'dʌndənt]

adj.多余的, 累赘的,解雇的

a.

1. 多余的, 过剩的

Skills which have been made redundant by technological advance.

由于技术进步而变得多余的技术。

2. 累赘的, 冗长的

3. 【主英】(因人员过剩而)被解雇的, 失业的[Z]

词形变化

副词: redundantly |

词义辨析

同义参见:

needless  excessive  

反义参见:

concise  

英英释义

形容词 redundant:

more than is needed, desired, or required

同义词:excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

repetition of same sense in different words- J.B.Conant

同义词:pleonastic, tautologic, tautological

短语词组

made redundant

1. 【英】被解雇的; 失业的

Seventy men at the factory were made redundant.

该厂有七十人作为冗员被裁。

2. 过剩的; 多余的

The jobs have been made redundant by technological advance.

这些职业工种因技术的发展而变得多余。

补充

redundantredundant英:[riˈdʌndənt] 美:[rɪˈdʌndənt]adj.1.因人员过剩而被解雇的Seventy men at the factory were redundant because of falling demand for our products.由于对我们产品需求的减少, 工厂里有70人被辞退了。2.不需要的; 多余的There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。

例句

1. He was made redundant yesterday.昨天, 他被裁掉。 2. New technology means that some skills are now redundant.新工艺意味着某些技术现在已经变得多余了。 3. an appropriate use for a redundant church.多余教堂的恰当使用。 4. many of the old skills had become redundant.许多老技术已变得多余。 5. eight permanent staff were made redundant.八名正式工被解雇。 6. He edited the paper and removed any redundant information or statements.他对论文进行了编辑,删掉了所有冗余信息或陈述。 7. Avoid redundant expressions in your writing.写作中应避免赘述。 8. "Some people say that since all adages are old, the phrase “old adage” is redundant."有人说既然所有谚语都是古老的,那么短语“古老谚语”就是赘述了。 9. The design incorporates several redundant features.这个设计方案包括了几个复置装置配置。 10. More than 200 of the company's employees have already been made redundant. [=laid off]公司有200多名员工被解雇。 11. "In the phrase “old adage,” “old” is sometimes thought of as being used redundantly."短语“古老谚语”中的“古老”一词有时被视作多余。