redundant

形容词 adj.
/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/    /ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/|/ɹɪˈdɐn.dənt/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary, no longer needed.
    — It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; […]
  2. Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  3. Dismissed from employment because no longer needed. Australia,Ireland,New-Zealand,UK
    — Four employees were made redundant.
  4. Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing backup in the event the other component fails.
    — The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.
  5. Containing duplicate pathways to send a message.

词形变化

more redundant comparative most redundant superlative

词源

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