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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But lower demand will be offset by a scheme to phase out single-hull ships on environmental and safety grounds in European and North Atlantic waters.
  但是鉴于环保和安全考虑，在欧洲和北大西洋水域将逐步取消单壳船只的使用，这一计划将抵消由此因低市场需求率而引起的供大于求。
• 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。
• 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）。