re·dun·dant
adjective/rɪˈdʌndənt/
/rɪˈdʌndənt/
- (British English) (of a person) without a job because there is no more work available for you in a company
被裁减的 - to be made redundant from your job
成为冗员而被裁减 - redundant employees
受裁汰的员工
Collocations UnemploymentUnemploymentLosing your job- lose your job
- (British English) become/be made redundant
- be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
- face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
- dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
- lay off staff/workers/employees
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
- cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
- (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
- be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
- seek/look for work/employment
- be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
- be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
- claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
- be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
- be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
- collect/receive (North American English) welfare
- combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc1, Working lifec1- the decision to make 800 employees compulsorily redundant
强行裁减 800 名员工的决定 - I've been expecting to be made redundant for a year now.
一年来我一直等着被裁减。 - The programme organizes training for redundant workers.
该计划为多余工人组织培训。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make somebody
- …
- compulsorily
- to be made redundant from your job
- not needed or useful
多余的；不需要的 - The picture has too much redundant detail.
这幅画中不必要的细节太多。
Extra Examples- There's a lot of redundant information that you could cut out here.
这里有许多可以删掉的不必要的信息。 - The chapel was declared redundant in 1995.
1995 年宣布不再需要这个小礼拜堂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- completely
- partially
- virtually
- …
- The picture has too much redundant detail.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin redundant- ‘surging up’, from the verb redundare ‘surge’, from re(d)- ‘again’ + unda ‘a wave’.