释义 |
reˈphase, v. [re- 5 a + phase v. 2.] trans. To phase again; to readjust the proposed timing of. So reˈphasing vbl. n.
1957Economist 2 Nov. 423/2 Rather coyly, the Chancellor added his 1958 and 1959 figures together.., remarking only that the revision ‘will mean a re-phasing of the nuclear power programme’. 1957New Scientist 7 Nov. 38/2 It is thought necessary to ‘rephase’ the plan for modernising the railways. 1970Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 21/3 The CEGB may well rephase the programme to avoid ‘bunching’ and the ‘feast and famine’ cycle. 1971Nature 19 Feb. 517/2 BP Chemicals International has announced..the rephasing of the construction of a chemical plant at Baglan Bay, South Wales. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 584 Harold [Wilson] and Peter Shore now feel that the whole closure programme over the next eighteen months should be rephased and slowed down. |