adj. 1.过多的,冗余的,冗长的(文章等);累赘的;丰富的(食物等);过剩的。 2.后备的〔指特别多配备的配件,以防整个机件中这一配件发生故障〕。 短语和例子 redundant words 冗词,赘语。 a redundant population 过剩人口。 redundant verb (时态有一种以上拼法的)一态多型动词〔如 light,其过去式可写作lit 或 lighted〕。 adv. -ly
repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'' and `a free gift'' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started'' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant 同义词:pleonastic, tautologic, tautological,
more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" 同义词:excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus,
例句与用法
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He differentiated the value of any redundant . 他对任一赘余值进行微分。
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This word is redundant , it can be left out ... 这个字是多余的,可以去掉。
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There will be no question of anyone being made redundant . 决不可能裁掉任何人。
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The word sounds redundant . 听起来这个词有点儿冗长。
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Databases of abstracts would eventually become redundant . 文摘数据库最终将成为多余。
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Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments . 几乎所有冗员,都已调往其他部门任职。
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These statements are thus redundant but they must be self-consistent . 这样列出的式子是多余的,但这些式子必须是不自相矛盾的。
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Redundant channels of communication were obviously not an american peculiarity . 显然,使用重复的渠道来传递信息并非美国人所独有。
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The out flow of redundant labor from the rural sector would raise the land-labor ratio . 过剩劳动力从乡村中流出会提高土地-劳动的比率。
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U.s. diplomacy and power in the region have tended to make it somewhat redundant . 美国在这一地区的外交使团和权力机构倾向于使之显得有些多余。