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redundancy

noun
🔊/rɪˈdʌndənsi/
🔊/rɪˈdʌndənsi/
(plural redundancies)
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  1. [uncountable, countable, usually plural] (British English) the situation when somebody has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them（因劳动力过剩而造成的）裁员，解雇
    • Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy.数千名工厂工人面临裁汰。🔊🔊
    • to accept/take voluntary redundancy (= to offer to leave your job)接受自愿裁汰
    • the threat of compulsory redundancies强制裁员的威胁
    • All members of staff are entitled to redundancy payments.所有工作人员均有权获得裁员津贴。
    • 200 workers have been issued with redundancy notices.200 名工人收到了解雇通知。
    Collocations UnemploymentUnemployment失业Losing your job失业
    • lose your job失业
    • (British English) 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/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy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 British English) 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
    • (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers缩减人员
    • cut/​reduce/​downsize/​slash the workforce裁减员工
    • (British English) 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 (both British English) unemployment benefit/​jobseeker’s allowance领取失业补助金
    • be/​go/​live/​sign (British English, informal) on the dole领取失业救济金
    • claim/​draw/​get (British English, informal) the dole领取失业救济金
    • be on/​qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)领取／有资格领取失业补偿金
    • be/​go/​live/​depend (North American English) on welfare靠社会保障金过活
    • collect/​receive (North American English) welfare领取社会保障金
    • combat/​tackle/​cut/​reduce unemployment防止／解决／减少失业
    see also lay-off
    Extra Examples
    • Most of the companies' losses stemmed from redundancy costs.公司亏本主要是由于支付冗员费用造成的。
    • Redundancy notices have been sent to 200 workers.200 名工人接到了裁员通知。
    • Sixty workers at a clothing factory face redundancy because the firm is relocating.由于公司搬迁，服装厂有60名工人面临裁汰。
    • The bank will be making 3 500 redundancies over the next five years.在未来 5 年内该银行将裁员 3,500 人。
    • The closure of the mine led to large-scale redundancies.矿山的关闭造成大批工人失业。
    • Those choosing to take redundancy will receive the company's standard redundancy terms.自愿离职者会得到公司规定的遣散费。
    • a fresh wave of redundancies新一轮的裁员
    • She decided to take voluntary redundancy.她决定接受自愿裁退。
    • The threat of compulsory redundancies still hangs over the firm.强制裁员的威胁依然笼罩着公司。
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • large-scale
    • major
    • mass
    • …
    … of redundancies
    • round
    • wave
    verb + redundancy
    • make
    • lead to
    • result in
    • …
    redundancy + noun
    • programme
    • notice
    • package
    • …
    phrases
    • the threat of redundancy
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  2. [uncountable] (formal or specialist) the state of not being necessary or useful多余；累赘
    • Natural language is characterized by redundancy (= words are used that are not really necessary for somebody to understand the meaning).自然语言的特点是繁复。🔊🔊