redundant
英[r?'d?nd(?)nt]
美[r?'d?nd?nt]
- adj. 多余的，過剩的；被解雇的，失業(yè)的；冗長的，累贅的
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?redundantly;
中文詞源
redundant 多余的，被裁員的
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。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant.
- 技術(shù)上的革新可能意味著曾經(jīng)被重視的技術(shù)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(quán)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》