1. （人员因过剩）被解雇的，被裁减的
    If you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because your job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you.

    e.g. My husband was made redundant late last year.
           我丈夫去年年底被裁了。
    e.g. ...a redundant miner.
           失业的矿工

2. 多余的；不再需要的；过剩的
    Something that is redundant is no longer needed because its job is being done by something else or because its job is no longer necessary or useful.

    e.g. Changes in technology may mean that once-valued skills are now redundant.
           技术上的革新可能意味着曾经被重视的技术现在已变得多余。
    e.g. ...the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use.
           将空置大楼改造为住宅