redundancy
UK/ri'dʌndәnsi/US
GRE考研C2
释义
n.
The state of being unnecessary or repetitive; needless repetition
多余,冗余;不必要的重复
n.
(British) The situation of being dismissed because the job is no longer needed
(英)裁员,解雇
n.
(engineering) Duplicate components kept as a backup for safety
(工程)冗余备份
词根拆分
词根派生redundant 的名词:re-(再次)+ und(溢出)+ -ancy(状态后缀)= 「再次外溢的状态」。它承袭 redundant 的三层义——不必要的重复、被裁员(英式:face redundancy)、工程上的冗余备份。
词根 und 还连着 9 个词常用搭配
- 1.face redundancy面临裁员
- 2.mass redundancy大规模裁员
- 3.built-in redundancy内置冗余/备份
- 4.redundancy payment裁员补偿金
例句
- 1.
We can cut the redundancy in this report by removing the repeated points.
删掉重复的要点,就能减少这份报告里的冗余。
- 2.
Hundreds of staff are facing redundancy after the merger.
合并后,数百名员工面临裁员。
- 3.
The network is built with redundancy so a single failure won't take it down.
这个网络做了冗余设计,单点故障不会让它瘫痪。