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Redundancy Noun Refer Organization Employees Longer   [Business 商

英语单词 redundancy
英美音标 英 [rɪ'dʌndənsi] 美 [rɪ'dʌndənsi]
中文释义 n.冗余;多余信息;备份;裁员
英语例句 (1) The takeover cause250 redundancy.
(2) He put all his redundancy money into a shop.
(3) But if the trail of predecessor is long, redundancy can be well hidden.
(4) The threat of redundancy was suddenly removed.
中文例句 (1) 接管移交造成250人的裁员。
(2) 他把所有剩余资金都投入了一家商店。
(3) 但是如果前导的联接链很长,那么这种多余就常常隐藏起来。
(4) 裁员的危险顿时消除了。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
柯林斯解释
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[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
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[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。

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