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instead adv.代替；反而 (1) 我给了他忠告，而不是钱。(2) 我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。(3) 我们不仅不该歧视他们,反而更要多帮助、照顾他们。 The adverb instead was originally two words, "in stead," with "stead" coming from stede, the Old English word for place. The adverb instead can also mean rather than, and in this context it's usually followed by "of." Instead of worrying about the weather for your vacation, which is beyond your control, you should worry about whether you packed everything you need.

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英 [ɪn'sted] 美 [ɪn'sted] (1) I gave him advice instead of money.(2) I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white.(3) We shouldn't look down upon them, instead we should try to help them and take more care of them. The adverb instead means in place of or as a substitute for something else. If your best friend has a temper tantrum every time you play miniature golf, maybe next time you should go to the movies instead. 1[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]代替…；而不是… If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.   [PREP n/-ing]She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two...那个夏天她被迫离开他将近四个月而不是通常的两个月。Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54...伦敦的收银员每小时工资将从原先的 6.54 英镑涨为 7.17 英镑。They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs...他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.不要一边去上班一边想着工作太无聊，要积极一些。2[ADV 副词]作为替代；反而；相反地 If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.   [ADV with cl]He reached for the wine but did not drink, pushed it, instead, across the table towards Joanna...他伸手拿酒却没有喝，而是把它推给了坐在桌子对面的乔安娜。The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy； instead it was littered with pots and pans...如果妮古拉会收拾，厨房本来是能用的；但现在，这里到处乱放着锅碗瓢盆。My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead.丈夫问我为什么就不能不整天想着节食，转而正经吃饭。

英语单词	instead
英美音标	英 [ɪn'sted] 美 [ɪn'sted]
中文释义	adv.代替；反而
英语例句	(1) I gave him advice instead of money. (2) I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white. (3) We shouldn't look down upon them, instead we should try to help them and take more care of them.
中文例句	(1) 我给了他忠告，而不是钱。 (2) 我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。 (3) 我们不仅不该歧视他们,反而更要多帮助、照顾他们。
vocabulary简明	The adverb instead means in place of or as a substitute for something else. If your best friend has a temper tantrum every time you play miniature golf, maybe next time you should go to the movies instead.
vocabulary扩展	The adverb instead was originally two words, "in stead," with "stead" coming from stede, the Old English word for place. The adverb instead can also mean rather than, and in this context it's usually followed by "of." Instead of worrying about the weather for your vacation, which is beyond your control, you should worry about whether you packed everything you need.
柯林斯解释	1 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]代替…；而不是… If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. [PREP n/-ing] She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two... 那个夏天她被迫离开他将近四个月而不是通常的两个月。 Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54... 伦敦的收银员每小时工资将从原先的 6.54 英镑涨为 7.17 英镑。 They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs... 他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。 Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive. 不要一边去上班一边想着工作太无聊，要积极一些。 2 [ADV 副词]作为替代；反而；相反地 If you do not do something, but do something else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. [ADV with cl] He reached for the wine but did not drink, pushed it, instead, across the table towards Joanna... 他伸手拿酒却没有喝，而是把它推给了坐在桌子对面的乔安娜。 The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy； instead it was littered with pots and pans... 如果妮古拉会收拾，厨房本来是能用的；但现在，这里到处乱放着锅碗瓢盆。 My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead. 丈夫问我为什么就不能不整天想着节食，转而正经吃饭。

I Adverb Time Thing Result Choice Change Behaviour