instead的词典解释

1. 代替
2. 反而
3. 却
4. 顶替
5. （作为）替代
6. 取而代之
7. 相反
8. 然而
9. 这样
10. 因此
11. 改
12. 不料
13. 作为…的替换
14. 改为
15. 抵作
16. 更换

1. 代替; 顶替 in place of that

1.代替…;而不是…
If you do one thinginstead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.

instead的翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. Check-out workers in London will receive ?7.17 an hourinstead 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。

2.作为替代;反而;相反地
If you do not do something, but do something elseinstead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.

instead

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

1. Instead, he did experiments to test and prove an idea before he was ready to accept it.
   相反,他在准备接受一种观念之前,总是进行试验,进行验证。
2. Mike doesn't study at all.Instead, he sits idle all day.
   迈克根本不肯读书,相反地,他终日游手好闲。
3. She stayed home, and her sister went riding instead.
   她留在家里,而她的妹妹骑车去了。
4. I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.
   我放弃了写叙事诗,而写了这个小故事。
5. If you can't go,I will go instead.
   如果你不能去,我替你去。
6. If Henry is not well enough to go with you, take me instead.
   如果哈利不舒服不能跟你去,那就带我去吧。
7. Mr. Black was ill, so she was taking his class instead.
   布莱克先生生病了,因此她在代他的课。
8. The water here is not good, so I'm drinking beer instead.
   此地的水不好,所以我改喝啤酒。

• I found it on the floor instead of in the drawer.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

• He had whisky instead of blood running through his body.

  出自：D. Abse

• Instead of taking you to the station, I should have driven you straight home.

  出自：J. Krantz

1. instead是副词,只能单独使用。基本意思是“代替”,可依据上下文灵活翻译,有时甚至干脆不译。
2. instead可位于句首,连接上下句。通常是上句先否定一种情况,再以instead引出下句,提出相反的情况。
3. instead也可位于句末,可用于两个的句子,也可用于并列句的后一句中,还可用于带有状语从句的主句中,这时常译为“反之”,“相反”。
4. instead of是短语介词,其后可接名词、代词、动名词,有时也可接形容词、动词不定式、介词短语等。instead of前后两部分的意思一般是一正一反,可灵活译为“(用…)代替…”“(是…)而不是…”“并非”“反而”等。

1. instead一般与of连用作为介词词组，后面可接名词和代词意外的词，如形容词，副词，动词和介词。

   Things are now better instead of worse.
   He laughed with instead of at us.

2. 注意instead of和without的区别，两者不要混用。一般情况下，用人，事，行为去代替另外的人，事，或行为时，用instead of。表示人，事，行为不和其他的一起时，用without。

   I'll have tea instead of coffee, please.
   我要喝茶而不是咖啡，谢谢。

   She often goes swimming without telling her mother.
   她经常没有告诉于她妈妈就去游泳了。

3. instead 可以是形容词，一般放于句首或句尾。

   Don't marry Mary. Marry me instead.
   不要和玛丽结婚，和我结婚吧。