redundant
adjective
uk/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/us/rɪˈdʌn.dənt/redundantadjective(NOT NEEDED)
C2
(especiallyof a word, phrase, etc.)unnecessarybecause it is more than isneeded:
(尤指词、短语等)多余的,不需要的,累赘的,啰唆的In thesentence"She is asingleunmarriedwoman", the word "unmarried" is redundant.在句子 She is a single unmarried woman 中,unmarried 一词是多余的。
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
redundantadjective(NOT EMPLOYED)
B2UK
havinglostyourjobbecauseyouremployernolongerneedsyou:
失业的,被解雇的,被裁减的Tokeepthecompanyalive,halftheworkforceis beingmaderedundant.为了使公司生存下去,一半的员工要被裁掉。
figurativeNewtechnologyoftenmakesoldskillsandevenwholecommunitiesredundant.新技术常常会使古老的技艺甚至是某个行业完全消失。
- Thecompanywaslosingmoneyand it had to makepeopleredundant.
- She was made redundant ayearago and hasn'tfoundanyworksince.
- They'rethreateningto make a third of theworkforceredundant.
- She was told she was being made redundantyesterday.
- He was made redundant and given abigpay-off.
Types of employment
- admin
- administrative
- administrative assistant
- administratively
- at the coalfaceidiom
- jobless
- joblessness
- jobseeker
- labour-intensive
- lackey
- professionality
- qualified
- recertify
- redundancy
- retcon
- well qualified
- WFH
- white-collar
- who's whoidiom
- wilderness yearsidiom