| 单词 | redundant |
| 释义 | redundant (once / 2892 pages) adj The word redundant applies to things that are unnecessary or could be left out. Calling a blank sheet of paper empty is redundant. Teachers often tell students to avoid being redundant — meaning avoid saying something twice or more. Have you ever heard someone tell a story and repeat the same thing over and over? The repeated parts are redundant. Sometimes being redundant can make things clear, but it can also be annoying. Redundant can apply to anything that's overflowing or unnecessary. If a business has two stores on the same street, one is redundant. When you hear redundant, think "Too much!" WORD FAMILYredundant: redundance, redundancy, redundantly+/redundance: redundances/redundancy: redundancies USAGE EXAMPLESBut with the rise of the mobile phone, the redundant kiosks are increasingly being put to inventive uses, from miniature art galleries to pint-sized pubs. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) He said the program was determined to be redundant and inefficient and did not provide increased security. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) It would thus become redundant and available for dispatch elsewhere. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj more than is needed, desired, or required yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant skills made redundant by technological advance Syn excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus unnecessary, unneeded not necessary 2adj repeating the same sense in different words "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant Syn pleonastic, tautologic, tautological prolix tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
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