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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 army plans to phase out the equipment as it becomes obsolete.
  军队计划淘汰这些设备，因为它们已经报废了。
• G20 nations pledge a medium-term phase out of what they call inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, although this would take into account what they call vulnerable groups and their development needs.
  G20国家承诺中期内逐步淘汰无效率的矿物燃料补助，尽管要考虑他们所说的弱势群体和发展需求的问题。
• 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。
• If your company, for example, has an annual service agreement for a particular application that you want to phase out, find out when the agreement expires as well as when it is renewed.
  例如，如果公司具有您希望终止的特定应用程序的年服务协议，则应了解协议何时期满以及何时续订该协议。
• 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。