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redundant

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adj.多余的

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副词:redundantly

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re-=again,back 变化型 red-,ren-

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redundant


/rɪ'dʌndənt; rɪ`dʌndənt/
adj
1 (usu of language or art) not needed; superfluous; unnecessary (通常指语言或艺术)不必要的, 冗赘的, 多余的
*a paragraph without a redundant word 无一冗词的一段文字
* The illustration had too much redundant detail. 解说中不必要的细节太多.
2 (esp Brit) (of industrial workers) no longer needed for any available job and therefore dismissed (指工人)(因人员过剩)被解雇的, 失业的
*become/be made/find oneself redundant 成为冗员而被裁
* the plight of redundant miners 被裁减的矿工的困境
* Fifty welders were declared redundant. 已公布削减五十名焊工.

redundant


adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: , present participle of redundare; REDOUND]
BrE if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you
 Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts.
make a job/position etc redundant
 As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.
not necessary because something else means or does the same thing
 the removal of redundant information
1. The redundant labour in factories is a big problem.
    工厂的过剩劳力是个大问题。

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