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redundancy n.冗余；裁员 The noun redundancy can also refer to something that is unneeded, or extra. If you own a circus and you want to keep costs down by eliminating redundancy, you may decide you only need two clowns, rather than the whole carload of clowns you planned on. Redundancy comes from the Latin word redundare, meaning to surge, or literally to overflow. ★★☆☆☆ 2007.4

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[ri'dʌndənsi] Use the noun redundancy to refer to something that's needlessly repeated. As much as you hate the redundancy of math drills, you have to admit that repetition is how you learned to multiply in the first place. Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a management issue, not a technical one. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.   [usu pl]  [BRIT 英]  [BUSINESS 商]The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.该部称希望避免强制性裁员。in AM, use 美国英语用 dismissals layoffs2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]裁员；被解雇 Redundancy means being made redundant.   [BUSINESS 商]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。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。

英语单词	redundancy
英美音标	[ri'dʌndənsi]
中文释义	n.冗余；裁员
vocab简明	Use the noun redundancy to refer to something that's needlessly repeated. As much as you hate the redundancy of math drills, you have to admit that repetition is how you learned to multiply in the first place.
vocab扩展	The noun redundancy can also refer to something that is unneeded, or extra. If you own a circus and you want to keep costs down by eliminating redundancy, you may decide you only need two clowns, rather than the whole carload of clowns you planned on. Redundancy comes from the Latin word redundare, meaning to surge, or literally to overflow.
真题原句	Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a management issue, not a technical one.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [usu pl] [BRIT 英] [BUSINESS 商] The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies. 该部称希望避免强制性裁员。 in AM, use 美国英语用 dismissals layoffs 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]裁员；被解雇 Redundancy means being made redundant. [BUSINESS 商] 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。 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。
来源	2007.4

Redundancy Noun Refer Organization Employees Longer [Business 商