redundant
英 [rɪ'dʌnd(ə)nt]
美 [rɪ'dʌndənt]
- adj. 多余的，过剩的；被解雇的，失业的；冗长的，累赘的
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redundant 多余的，被裁员的来自拉丁语 redundare,流出，来自 red-,往后，-und,水，水流，词源同 undulate,abound.即流出 的，多余的，引申词义被裁员的。
- redundant
- redundant: [17] Etymologically, something that is redundant ‘overflows’ because there is too much of it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin redundāre ‘flow back, overflow’ (source also of English redound [14]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and undāre ‘rise in waves, surge’, a derivative of unda ‘wave’ (source of English undulate).
=> redound, surround, undulate - redundant (adj.)
- 1590s, from Latin redundantem (nominative redundans), present participle of redundare, literally "overflow, pour over; be over-full;" figuratively "be in excess," from re- "again" (see re-) + undare "rise in waves," from unda "a wave" (see water (n.1)). Of persons, in employment situations, from 1928, chiefly British. Related: Redundantly.
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. My husband was made redundant late last year.
- 我丈夫去年年底被裁了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. to be made redundant from your job
- 成为冗员而被裁减
来自《权威词典》
- 4. There are too many redundant words in this book.
- 这本书里多余的词太多.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. This word is redundant, it can be left out.
- 这个字是多余的, 可以去掉.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
