redundancies

英 [rɪˈdʌndənsiz]

美 [rɪˈdʌndənsiz]

n.  (因劳动力过剩而造成的)裁员，解雇; 多余; 累赘
redundancy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 裁减冗员;裁员
  When there areredundancies, an organization tells some of its employees to leave because their jobs are no longer necessary or because the organization can no longer afford to pay them.
  1. The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.
     该部称希望避免强制性裁员。

in AM, use 美国英语用 dismissals layoffs


• N-UNCOUNT 裁员;被解雇
  Redundancymeans being made redundant.
  1. Thousands of bank employees are facing redundancy as their employers cut costs...
     雇主削减成本的时候，数千名银行雇员面临被解雇的命运。
  2. The company has had to make redundancy payments of £472 million.
     该公司不得不为裁员支付4.72亿英镑的补偿款。

双语例句

• The redundancies will be phased over two years.
  裁员将在两年内分阶段进行。
• You have to increase redundancies in some spaces.
  你必须在某些地方增加冗余。
• News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community
  将会裁员160人的消息在该团体中掀起了一阵骚动。
• The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies
  令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。
• Companies also have to be consistent in their treatment of redundancies, says Mr Lacoste.
  拉科斯特表示，企业对被裁员工的待遇也必须前后一致。
• Takeovers, whether by private or public companies, tend to lead to redundancies and cost cuts.
  无论是私募股权公司还是上市公司，它们进行的收购活动都可能导致人员冗余和成本削减。
• "Working time accounts" make it easier to avoid redundancies.
  “工作时间账目”使得更容易避免裁员。
• It would be spurious to claim that redundancies alone will solve our problems.
  如果声称只要裁员就能解决我们的问题，那将是欺人之谈。
• So redundancies across the organization decrease and developer time is saved and in turn, cost is reduced.
  因此，将减少组织内的冗余现象，节省开发人员的时间，从而降低成本。
• This means that it has some redundancies.
  这意味着它将具有某些冗余。