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

• 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）。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 FDA proposes to phase out the old system with for example all newly approved drugs using the new system and older drugs moving to the new system as their labels are updated.
  FDA将要对所有批准的新药采用这种新的方式来书写标签，对需要更新标签的老药也会在更新的同时启用新的标签格式，逐步取消旧的标签书写格式。
• 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。