redundancies
redundancies — 名詞
- redundanciessingular
- redundanciesesplural
1. when a company lets employees go because their positions have disappeared, not b
裁員；資遣
因職位多餘而解僱員工
when a company lets employees go because their positions have disappeared, not because of poor performance or misconduct
The company announced 200 redundancies after losing its biggest client.
該公司在失去最大客戶後宣布裁員兩百人。
countable: '200 redundancies' as a specific number
Vinícius faced redundancy when the factory installed automated packing machines.
工廠安裝自動包裝機後，Vinícius 面臨被資遣的處境。
British usage; 'face redundancy' as a common collocation
The union is fighting to prevent any redundancies during the restructuring.
工會正極力阻止重組過程中出現任何裁員。
Workers were called into a meeting and told about the planned redundancies across three departments.
員工被叫去開會，得知三個部門的計畫裁員消息。
Talia's redundancy package included six months of salary and career counselling.
Talia 的資遣方案包含六個月的薪資以及職涯諮詢服務。
- recruitment
the opposite — hiring new staff to fill needed positions
- hiring
the process of bringing new people into the organisation
文法句型
redundancies in + [sector/company]
make/take + redundancies
用法筆記
In British English, this is the standard term for losing a job when the position disappears. In American English, 'layoff' or 'furlough' is more common.
常見錯誤
2. the quality of being more than what is needed, so that the extra amount serves n
多餘；冗贅
超出所需、沒有用途的事物
the quality of being more than what is needed, so that the extra amount serves no purpose
There is a great deal of redundancy in the government's overlapping welfare programmes.
政府彼此重疊的福利計畫中有大量的冗贅。
formal register; 'redundancy in + [system/programme]'
Jiwoo removed the redundancy from her report by cutting the repeated budget figures.
Jiwoo 刪除報告中一再重複的預算數字，去除了冗贅內容。
The redundancy of having three separate departments doing the same job annoyed the new director.
三個不同部門做同一份工作這種多餘的情況讓新主管很困擾。
Allison found redundancy in the company's filing system, which kept every document in three places.
Allison 發現公司的歸檔系統很冗贅，每份文件都存放在三個地方。
- superfluity
more formal; emphasises that something exists beyond what is necessary
- excess
broader; may imply quantity rather than lack of purpose
文法句型
a redundancy of + [noun]
redundancy in + [noun]
用法筆記
Typically used in formal or professional contexts to describe processes, systems, or documents. Often implies inefficiency or waste.
3. a fault in writing or speech where two or more words express the same idea — for
贅詞；冗語
重複表意的用字遣詞
a fault in writing or speech where two or more words express the same idea — for example, saying 'added bonus' when a bonus is already extra by definition
Writing 'advance warning' is a redundancy because a warning warns about the future.
寫「預先警告」是一種贅詞，因為警告本來就是關於未來的事。
pattern: 'is a redundancy' — treating the phrase itself as a redundant unit
Nia's teacher circled redundancies in her essay and asked her to remove them.
Nia 的老師把她作文裡的贅詞圈出來，要她刪掉。
Editors look for redundancies such as 'past history' and 'end result' when polishing a manuscript.
編輯在修稿時會注意「過去的歷史」和「最終結果」這類贅詞。
Quinn removed redundancies from the speech by replacing 'join together' with the simpler word 'join'.
Quinn 把演講稿中的「一起結合」改成更簡單的「結合」，刪除了贅詞。
文法句型
redundancy of + [word/phrase]
avoid redundancy
用法筆記
Writers and editors often treat redundancies as a style error. 'ATM machine' and 'PIN number' are common modern examples where the repeated element is not immediately obvious.
常見錯誤
4. the intentional inclusion of extra components or duplicate systems so that if on
備援；冗餘
備用零件或系統以防故障
the intentional inclusion of extra components or duplicate systems so that if one part fails, another can take over without interruption
The aircraft's navigation system has built-in redundancy with three separate guidance computers.
該飛機的導航系統有三台獨立的導航電腦，具備內建備援能力。
'built-in redundancy' — common collocation in engineering
Noor explained that the hospital's backup generators provide redundancy for the intensive care unit.
Noor 解釋說醫院的備用發電機為加護病房提供了備援。
Software engineers build redundancy into cloud storage by copying data across servers in different countries.
軟體工程師將資料複製到不同國家的伺服器，在雲端儲存中建立備援。
Without redundancy in the power grid, a single failure could black out the whole region.
如果電網沒有備援，單一故障就可能導致整個區域停電。
- single point of failure
a system in which one broken component brings everything down
文法句型
redundancy in + [system]
build in redundancy
redundancy for + [purpose]
用法筆記
Unlike the other senses, redundancy here is a positive feature. It is a deliberate design choice rather than a waste — the extra parts exist to ensure reliability, not because they are unnecessary.