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Redundant Job Made Rɪˈdʌndənt Longer Rɪˈdʌndəntli Employer Adj

The word "redundant" means being dismissed from a job because of surplus staff, or being no longer needed because its function is replaced or obsolete.

"Redundant" can describe being dismissed from a job due to a surplus of employees, or something being no longer needed because its function is taken over or is no longer useful.

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/rɪdʌ̱ndənt/
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[ADJ 形容词](人员因过剩)被解雇的,被裁减的 If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you.
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  [BUSINESS 商]
  • My husband was made redundant late last year.

    我丈夫去年年底被裁了。

  • ...a redundant miner.

    失业的矿工

in AM, use 美国英语用 be dismissed
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[ADJ 形容词]多余的;不再需要的;过剩的 Something that is redundant is no longer needed because its job is being done by something else or because its job is no longer necessary or useful.
  [usu v-link ADJ]
  • Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant.

    技术上的革新可能意味着曾经被重视的技术现在已变得多余。

  • ...the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use.

    将空置大楼改造为住宅


Oxford re·dun·dant / rɪˈdʌndənt ; NAmE rɪˈdʌndənt / adjective 1 ( BrE) (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 redundantfrom your job 成为冗员而被裁减 redundant employees 受裁汰的员工 collocationsat
unemployment
2 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。 re·dun·dant·ly / rɪˈdʌndəntli ; NAmE rɪˈdʌndəntli / adverb
re·dun·dant / rɪˈdʌndənt ; NAmE rɪˈdʌndənt / re·dun·dant·ly / rɪˈdʌndəntli ; NAmE rɪˈdʌndəntli /
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redundantre‧dun‧dant /rɪˈdʌndənt/ ●●○ adjective
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1British English 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. see thesaurus at
unemployed
2not necessary because something else means or does the same thing:  the removal of redundant information
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redundant

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adj.多余的,过剩的;被解雇的,失业的;冗长的,累赘的

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