phase out

英 [feɪz aʊt]

美 [feɪz aʊt]

逐步淘汰; 逐步放弃

BEC

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 逐步淘汰；逐步放弃
  If somethingis phased out, people gradually stop using it.
  1. They said the present system of military conscription should be phased out...
     他们说，当前的征兵体系应当逐步废除。
  2. They phased out my job in favor of a computer.
     他们逐步用一台计算机淘汰了我的工作岗位

英英释义

verb

• terminate gradually

双语例句

• To reduce its greenhouse gases, Australian officials hope to phase out incandescent light bulb use by2009.
  为了减少温室气体的释放，澳大利亚官员希望在2009前能逐渐停止白炽灯的使用。
• That's why we've worked with other nations to phase out fossil fuel subsidies.
  这就是为什么我们与其他国家共同努力，逐步取消化石燃料补贴的原因。
• Now Naoto Kan, the prime minister, has suggested Japan should phase out nuclear power altogether.
  如今，日本首相菅直人（naotokan）提出，日本应逐步淘汰核电。
• Later this week, I will work with my colleagues at the G20 to phase out fossil fuel subsidies so that we can better address our climate challenge.
  本周晚些时候，我将同G20其他领导人共同努力，分阶段取消矿物燃料补贴，以使我们能够更好地应对气候挑战。
• The Dutch Government has agreed to restart the aid flow, which will allow Suriname to access international development financing, but plans to phase out funds over the next five years.
  荷兰政府同意重新启动援助计划，准许苏里南进入国际发展金融系统，但是计划在下一个五年逐渐停止对其的资金资助。
• As one of the biggest manufacturers and consumers of incandescent lights, China has laid out a road map to gradually phase out the energy wasting lights in five years.
  作为白炽灯最大的生产和消费国之一，中国制定了计划图，在五年内逐步淘汰这种高耗能灯。
• This allowed Microsoft to phase out the weakly typed collections and interface and replace them with strongly typed counter-parts.
  这使得微软可以淘汰弱类型集合，并使用强类型的对等集合替代之。
• They phased out my job in favor of a computer.
  他们逐步用一台计算机淘汰了我的工作岗位
• "The key point is there's now a certain momentum in industry to phase out problematic substances, and we should encourage that momentum," he said.
  “关键的一点是现在有种趋势在工业领域逐步淘汰有问题的物质，而我们应当鼓励这一趋势，”他说。
• Whenever I hear a person say this or that is impossible, I think back to the ozone layer days when people said it would be impossible to phase out CFCs from deodorant.
  每当我听到有人说，这件事或者那件事是不可能的，我就会回想起讨论臭氧层问题的日子，当时人们都说我们不可能逐步替代除臭剂中的含氯氟烃（CFC）。