instead [in'sted]
参考词典中instead的常规释义：
基本释义
- ad. 改为,抵作,更换,替代
参考例句
- We got onto the motorway going north instead of south.
我们进入了向北而不是向南的高速公路。 - The general condition is bettering instead of worsening.
总的情况不是在恶化而是在好转。 - We're footing it instead of riding.
我们以步代车。 - Most large steamships now burn oil instead of coal.
现在大多数的大轮船烧油而不烧煤。 - He economized by using buses instead of taking taxis.
他不坐出租车而改乘公共汽车以节省钱。
- We got onto the motorway going north instead of south.
英英解释
2个副词解释
- in place of, or as an alternative to
[同] instead, alternatively, as an alternative, or else
[例]- Felix became a herpetologist instead
- alternatively we could buy a used car
- on the contrary
[同] instead, rather
[例]- rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left
- he didn't call; go rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter
- used English terms instead of Latin ones
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