redundancy

noun

/rɪˈdʌndənsi/

(plural redundancies)

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[uncountable, countable, usually plural] (British English) the situation when somebody has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them（因勞動力過剩而造成的）裁員，解僱
- Thousands of factory workers are facing redundancy.數千名工廠工人面臨裁汰。
- to accept/take voluntary redundancy (= to offer to leave your job)接受自願裁汰
- the threat of compulsory redundancies強制裁員的威脅
- All members of staff are entitled to redundancy payments.所有員工都有權獲得解僱費。
- 200 workers have been issued with redundancy notices.200 名工人收到了解僱通知。
Collocations Unemployment
Unemployment失業Losing your job失業
- lose your job失業
- (British English) become/be made redundant被裁減
- be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement被要求／選擇自願裁退／提前退休
- face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy面臨被解職／被裁／強制裁員；受到解職／被裁／強制裁員的威脅
- dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager解僱僱員／工人／經理
- lay off staff/workers/employees解僱員工／工人／僱員
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers縮減人員
- cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce裁減員工
- (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant裁員
Being unemployed失業；待業；下崗
- be unemployed/out of work/out of a job失業
- seek/look for work/employment找工作
- be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance領取失業補助金
- be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole領取失業救濟金
- claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole領取失業救濟金
- be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)領取／有資格領取失業補償金
- be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare靠社會保障金過活
- collect/receive (North American English) welfare領取社會保障金
- combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment防止／解決／減少失業
see also lay-off
Extra Examples
- Most of the companies' losses stemmed from redundancy costs.公司虧本主要是由於支付冗員費用造成的。
- Redundancy notices have been sent to 200 workers.200 名工人接到了裁員通知。
- Sixty workers at a clothing factory face redundancy because the firm is relocating.由於公司搬遷，服裝廠有60名工人面臨裁汰。
- The bank will be making 3 500 redundancies over the next five years.在未來 5 年内該銀行將裁員 3,500 人。
- The closure of the mine led to large-scale redundancies.礦山的關閉造成大批工人失業。
- Those choosing to take redundancy will receive the company's standard redundancy terms.自願離職者會得到公司規定的遣散費。
- a fresh wave of redundancies新一輪的裁員
- She decided to take voluntary redundancy.她決定接受自願裁退。
- The threat of compulsory redundancies still hangs over the firm.強制裁員的威脅依然籠罩着公司。
Topics Social issuesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- 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
See full entry
[uncountable] (formal or specialist) the state of not being necessary or useful多餘；累贅
- Natural language is characterized by redundancy (= words are used that are not really necessary for somebody to understand the meaning).自然語言的特點是繁複。

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