redundant
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·dun·dant /rɪˈdʌndənt/ ●●○ adjective 1 British EnglishBE if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you 被裁员的，被解雇的 Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts. 在继而发生的裁员中，70名工厂工人被解雇。make a job/position etc redundant As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant. 随着经济疲弱，越来越多的工作岗位将被裁撤。► see thesaurus at unemployed2 USE somethingnot necessary because something else means or does the same thing 多余的；累赘的 the removal of redundant information 多余信息的删除
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redundant• Businesses are closing and making people redundant.• In Arbroath the oil-related firm Halliburton Manufacturing is to make 64 workers redundant.• Two years later he was made redundant again, but gained another job in much the same way.• He argued that he was not redundant because there was other work available within the terms of his contract of employment.• Moving an otherwise redundant conveyancing secretary is not the answer, at least, not without paying proper attention to their training needs.• A redundant fitter from the Coventry car industry in his mid-forties lives alone and receives £61.02 a fortnight.• Among the most obvious categories here are the unskilled, the young, black people and those made redundant from manufacturing.made redundant• The remaining 50 percent were made redundant.• We had the same bills after he got made redundant.• John had been made redundant and their house was repossessed.• He was worried about being made redundant at work.• Tim Plunkett, who was made redundant by Dowty's and Jim Blenkinsop.• If you have been made redundant or have been unemployed for a long time you have two additional problems to overcome.• Mr Stacey was notified in February 1984 that he would be made redundant the following May.• Is it helping those made redundant to find new jobs, and immigrants to fit in?From Longman Business Dictionaryredundantre‧dun‧dant /rɪˈdʌndənt/ adjective especially British EnglishHUMAN RESOURCES if you are made redundant, you lose your job because your employer no longer has a job for youThe bank expects to make 15,000 staff redundant over the next three years.Origin redundant (1500-1600) Latin present participle of redundare; → REDOUNDre·dun·dant adjectiveChineseSyllable
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redundant
re‧dun‧dant /rɪˈdʌndənt/
adjective1. British English if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you:
Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts.
make a job/position etc redundant
As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.
2. not necessary because something else means or does the same thing:
the removal of redundant information
▪ unemployed someone who is unemployed does not have a job: Fifty per cent of the men in this town are unemployed.
▪out of work unemployed, especially for a long period of time, when you had a job before: I’ve been out of work for two years.
▪redundant British English if someone is redundant, they have been told that they no longer have a job: He was made redundant earlier this year. | redundant miners
▪be on the dole British English, be on welfare/on unemployment American English to be receiving money from the government because you do not have a job: I didn’t want to go back on the dole. | Many people on welfare don’t have anyone to take care of the kids while they train for a job.
▪be looking for work if someone is looking for work, they do not have a job and are trying to find one: How long have you been looking for work?
▪jobless people who are jobless do not have jobs – used especially in news reports: The jobless totals have risen by 6% in the last year. | jobless youths
re‧dun‧dant /rɪˈdʌndənt/
adjective1. British English if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you: make a job/position etc redundant
2. not necessary because something else means or does the same thing:
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Losing your job 失业
lose your job失业 ( BrE 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/( the sack/BrE ( compulsory redundancyBrE 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
BrE 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 ( retrench workers缩减人员 cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁减员工 ( BrE make staff/workers/employees redundant裁员
Being unemployed 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 ( unemployment benefit/Jobseeker's Allowanceboth
BrE 领取失业补助金 be/go/live/sign ( on the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 claim/draw/get ( the doleBrE 领取失业救济金 be on/qualify for ( unemployment (compensation)NAmE 领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 be/go/live/depend ( on welfareNAmE 靠社会保障金过活 collect/receive ( welfareNAmE 领取社会保障金 combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业