• adj. 多余的，過剩的；被解雇的，失業(yè)的；冗長的，累贅的

來自拉丁語 redundare,流出，來自 red-,往后，-und,水，水流，詞源同 undulate,abound.即流出 的，多余的，引申詞義被裁員的。

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.

技術上的革新可能意味著曾經被重視的技術現(xiàn)在已變得多余。

來自柯林斯例句

2. My husband was made redundant late last year.

我丈夫去年年底被裁了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. to be made redundant from your job

成為冗員而被裁減

來自《權威詞典》

4. There are too many redundant words in this book.

這本書里多余的詞太多.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. This word is redundant, it can be left out.

這個字是多余的, 可以去掉.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》