redundant
adjective /rɪˈdʌndənt/
/rɪˈdʌndənt/
- (British English) (of a person
) without a job because there is no more work available for you in a company人 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 UnemploymentUnemployment Losing your job失业 失业 - lose your job
失业 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁减 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求/选择自愿裁退/提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面临被解职/被裁/强制裁员;受到解职/被裁/强制裁员的威胁 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解雇雇员/工人/经理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解雇员工/工人/雇员 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
缩减人员 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁减员工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁员
失业;待业;下岗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失业 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
领取失业补助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
领取失业救济金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
领取失业救济金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
领取/有资格领取失业补偿金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社会保障金过活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
领取社会保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止/解决/减少失业
Topics Social issuesc1- 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.
该方案为多余的工人组织培训。
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。
- 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。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- completely
- partially
- virtually
- …
- The picture has too much redundant detail.
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘abundant’): from Latin redundant- ‘surging up’, from the verb redundare ‘surge’, from re(d)- ‘again’ + unda ‘a wave’.