phase out

英 [feɪz aʊt]

美 [feɪz aʊt]

逐步淘汰; 逐步放弃

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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

• 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）。
• He then hopes to phase out the battery completely.
  然后，霍克蒂希望将电池彻底淘汰出局。
• 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。
• Third, the pace to phase out inferior enterprises from the market will be quickened.
  第三，加快劣势企业退出市场步伐。
• 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。
• Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.
  在2010年晚些时候，我们将开始停止Google邮箱和日历对老版本浏览器的支持。
• Of course, today's low-income countries will also graduate from the need for transfers over time, so that this assessment system will phase out in a few decades.
  当然，随着时间的推移，当今的低收入国家也将逐渐不再需要这种资金转移。因此，这一摊派体系将在几十年后逐渐退出。
• 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。
• In its analysis, the IEA forecasts for the first time a "new policies scenario" that takes into account the agreements made at the Copenhagen climate conference last December and promises made at the G20 to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels.
  在其分析中，国际能源机构首次预计一种“新的政策情景”，将去年12月哥本哈根气候会议所达成协议和g20关于逐步取消化石燃料补贴的承诺考虑在内。
• "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。