redundant

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a. 多余的, 过多的, 冗长的 [医] 过多的, 多余的

发音

CA /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
UK /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
US /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/
AU /ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/
NZ /ɹəˈdɐn.dənt/

词形变化

more redundant 比较级 most redundant 最高级

别名

redund. redundent

教材释义与例句

形容词

多余的，过剩的；被解雇的，失业的；冗长的，累赘的

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.

    冗杂

    冗余

  2. 2.

    Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

    媒体
  3. 3.

    Dismissed from employment because no longer needed.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰

    Four employees were made redundant.

  4. 4.

    Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.

  5. 5.

    Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.

    计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

extra spare excess surplus superfluous pleonastic supererogatory supernumerary tautologic tautological

近义相关 4

unnecessary verbal prolix unneeded

相关短语

redundant array of independent disks redundant colon [医] 过长结肠 redundant colons redundant acronym syndrome RAS syndrome

词源

From Latin redundāns, present participle of redundō (“to overflow, redound”), from red- (“again, back”) + undō (“to surge, flood”), from unda (“a wave”).

来源：wiktionary