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
英英释意
- 1. more than is needed, desired, or required;
- "trying to lose excess weight"
- "found some extra change lying on the dresser"
- "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
- "skills made redundant by technological advance"
- "sleeping in the spare room"
- "supernumerary ornamentation"
- "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
- "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
- "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
- "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
- 2. use of more words than required to express an idea;
- "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"
- "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious"
- 3. repetition of same sense in different words;
- "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"
- "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"
- "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant
双语例句
- 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》