Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.是什么意思？

Instead of writing her shorthand by hand, she could use a machine.

她可以不用手, 而使用一种带键盘的机器进行速记。

instead

adv. 代替，顶替，反而，反倒；

例句
But instead of ending in agreement, the talks broke up in acrimony at the end of the week.
但是到这个周末，谈判非但没有达成协议反而在唇枪舌剑中不欢而散。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

writing

n. 文字，写作，文章，笔迹；v. 写（ write的现在分词），写信；

例句
...teaching the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.
教授阅读、写作和算术的基础知识

her

pron. (she的宾格)她，(she的所有格)她的，她，指某个国家，（一艘）船；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

shorthand

n. 速记，速记法，简略的表达方式；

例句
The fiction that 'he' is a neutral shorthand for 'he or she' is no longer acceptable to many.
认为“他”是“他或她”的中性简称的这种说法，很多人已不再接受。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

hand

n. 手，协助，帮助，（工具等的）把，柄，掌管；vt. 传递，交给，搀扶，支持；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

she

pron. 她，它；

例句
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
她的情人在她打掉胎儿后甩了她。

could

aux. “can”的过去式，能够，打算，用于假设语气的条件句，用于虚拟语气的结论句；

例句
The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.
规定有所放宽，犯人可以出去短暂放风。

use

n. 使用，使用权，功能；

例句
Abstain from sex or use condoms...
禁绝性事或使用安全套。

machine

n. 机器，机械，机械般的人，核心；vt. 用机器制造，用机器加工；vi. 被机器切削；

例句
A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests...
一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。