《生活大爆炸》英文剧本精读54，redundant ，多余的，开除

《生活大爆炸》英文剧本精读54，redundant ，多余的，开除

redundant，因人员过剩而被解雇的；不需要的，多余的。

redundant在大爆炸中出现了四次，都是作为“多余的”，unnecessary because it is more than is needed 。redundant还有一种比较常用的意思，解雇，固定用法make sb redundant。

Leonard：Wow. teasing the guys at the apple store seems a little redundant now. 现在感觉戏弄苹果的技术人员有点多余      ——《生活大爆炸 S02E17》

Sheldon：It would be gastronomically redundant.从烹饪学角度来说 这是过剩的      ——《生活大爆炸 S01E01》

Amy：At the risk of sounding redundant, uh-huh. 虽然可能会显多余 嗯哼      ——《生活大爆炸 S12E01》

Sheldon：It's called Lethal Weapon, but isn't that redundant? Aren't weapons, by their very nature, lethal? 名字叫《致命武器》这不是废话吗 武器这种东西 天生不就致命吗      ——《生活大爆炸 S12E08》

make employees redundant，解雇。英文解释：stop employing them because there is no work for them to do.

Without any notice, we were all suddenly made redundant. 后来我们突然都被解雇了，没有任何通知。

So what should you say if you were made redundant?那么如果你是被裁员的，那该怎么说呢？