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

• They began to phase out any remaining ties between gold and currency values.
  他们开始逐渐摈弃遗留在黄金和货币价值之间的一切联系。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The new law, if passed, would also phase out tax holiday periods, which many companies exploit.
  如果新的法令能够通过，那么也可以争取把现阶段许多企业在使用的免税期变成分阶段实施的政策。
• British Leyland has announced plans to phase out some of its cars next year.
  英国雷兰德汽车公司已宣布他们明年将逐步淘汰某些型号的汽车的计划。
• 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。
• Several European states are slowing down plans to phase out nuclear power.
  一些欧洲国家正在放慢逐步淘汰核电的计划。
• 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。