redundancy
n
1 [U]
(a) state of being redundant(2) 人浮於事; 裁員; 成為冗員被裁
a high level of redundancy among unskilled workers 非熟練工人的大量裁減
[attrib 作定語]
redundancy pay, money, etc, ie given to sb made redundant 遣散費(給予被裁減人員的).
(b) material that is redundant(1) (通常指語言或藝術)多余的材料
express oneself without redundancy 精練地表達意思.
2 [C] worker made redundant(2) 遭裁減的工人
Two hundred redundancies were announced in the shipyards. 造船廠公布削減二百名工人.