名词裁员; 过多，过剩; 冗长; （机器的）多余度

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1. His speech is full of redundancies.
他的讲话冗语连篇。

1. 多余：由于听不像读一样可以反复,速度也比阅读快,句子短,结构不像书面语那么严谨,且多余(redundancy)信息多(诸如you know,listen,well,I mean,yousee等),故考生只要能抓住关键词句就基本可以听懂.

1. 裁减冗员;裁员
When there are redundancies, 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.

e.g. The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.
该部称希望避免强制性裁员。