1 N-COUNT [usually plural] 裁减冗员;裁员 When there are redundancies, an organization tells some of its employees to leave because their jobs are no longer necessary or because the organization can no longer afford to pay them. 裁减冗员;裁员 [British, business]
in AM, use 美国英语用 dismissals layoffs
2 N-UNCOUNT 裁员;被解雇 Redundancy means being made redundant. 裁员;被解雇 [business]
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Thousands of bank employees are facing redundancy as their employers cut costs.
雇主削减成本的时候，数千名银行雇员面临被解雇的命运。
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The company has had to make redundancy payments of £472 million.
该公司不得不为裁员支付4.72亿英镑的补偿款。
SYN unemployment, the sack [informal] , the axe [informal] , joblessness
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