/-ənsɪ; -ənsɪ/
n
1 [U]
(a) state of being redundant(2) 人浮于事; 裁员; 成为冗员被裁
*a high level of redundancy among unskilled workers 非熟练工人的大量裁减
* [attrib 作定语] redundancy pay, money, etc, ie given to sb made redundant 遣散费（给予被裁减人员的）.
(b) material that is redundant(1) （通常指语言或艺术）多余的材料
*express oneself without redundancy 精练地表达意思.
2 [C] worker made redundant(2) 遭裁减的工人
*Two hundred redundancies were announced in the shipyards. 造船厂公布削减二百名工人.

npluralredundancies
[U and C]BrE
a situation in which someone has to leave their job, because they are no longer needed
= layoff
　The closure of the export department resulted in over 100 redundancies.
　Two thousand workers now face redundancy.
　An employee is not eligible for a redundancy payment unless he has been with the company for two years.
voluntary/compulsory redundancy
　We were offered a £3,000 cash bonus to take voluntary redundancy.
[U]
when something is not used because something similar or the same already exists