1 (BrE) no longer needed for a job失業VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be被辭退▸➤become成為冗員而被裁▸➤make sb裁減某人◇the decision to make 800 employees compulsorily redundant強行裁減 800 名員工的決定ADVERB➤compulsorily強行被辭退redundant
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2not necessary or wanted不必要VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, seem多餘;感到多餘;好像多餘▸➤become變得多餘▸➤declare sth, make sth, render sth宣佈⋯多餘;使⋯多餘◇The chapel was declared redundant in 1995.1995 年宣佈不再需要這個小禮拜堂。ADVERB➤completely完全多餘➤partially部份多餘▸➤virtually (BrE) 事實上多餘◇The boom in mobile phones has made phone boxes virtually redundant.手機的流行已使電話亭幾乎成為多餘。➤largely很大程度上多餘➤a bit, somewhat有點兒多餘