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2012.02.09
When change is best done slowly, here are two expressions that will serve you well!
PHASE (IN/OUT) 段階的に（導入／停止）する
- To phase in something is to gradually START using or doing it.
To phase out something is to gradually STOP using or doing it. - phase in は、何かを段階的に使い始めたり、し始めたりする、という意味です。
phase out は、何かを使ったり、行ったりすることを段階的にやめる、という意味です。
- We're planning to phase in the price increases step by step rather than all at once.
- The new fuel efficiency regulations are going to be phased in over the next five years.
- The company is in the process of phasing out its celluloid film business as it converts to digital.
- When it was announced that the space shuttle program would be phased out by 2011, cities and states across the country began actively lobbying for the rights to obtain a retired shuttle.
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