instead是什么意思？

instead

英[ɪnˈsted] 美[ɪnˈstɛd]

• adv. 代替，顶替，反而，反倒；

例句

• why do you just hang out in bars?Do you want to hang out with me instead 你只呆在酒吧玩吗？何不跟我一起去玩？
• Instead of helping her, his explanation only mixed her up. 他的解释不但没帮她的忙, 反而把她搞糊涂了。
• Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush. 他没有回答我的问题, 给我兜起圈子来了。
• It is advisable that we (should) stay at home instead of going to the movie. 我们还是不去看电影, 呆在家里好。
• We shall have tea in the garden instead of in the house. 我们将在花园里用茶, 而不在室内用。
• He has been playing all afternoon instead of getting on with his work. 他整个下午一直在玩, 没有继续工作。
• We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson. 我们去上生物课而不去上英语课。
• He walks slowly instead of quickly. 他走路缓慢, 而不快速。
• Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older. 每天锻炼身体使他看起来年轻而不显老。
• Give me this instead of that. 给我这个, 不要那个。

同义词

• adv.
  instead的同义词之：代替
  in, of, rather, than, place, lieu,
• instead的同义词之：其他释义
  than, rather, in, of, place,

英语四级真题

Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
The bid went instead to Fuji, which exploited its sponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
If we ask Americans why they eat with knives and forks, or why their men wear pants instead of skirts, or why they may be married to only one person at a time, we are likely to get similar and very uninformative answers: "Because it's right.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Those who are thinking their time did reverse spending time socializing instead of working.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue - that it has instead shifted to immigrants
出自-2013年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PREP-PHRASE
  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.
  例句
  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。
• ADV
  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.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  代替; 顶替
  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。 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。 She stayed home, and her sister went riding instead. 她留在家里, 她的妹妹骑车去了。 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。 If you can't go, I will go instead. 如果你不能去, 我替你去。 If Henry is not well enough to go with you, take me instead. 如果亨利不舒服不能跟你去, 那就带我去吧。 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。 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。

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in place of, or as an alternative to;
  "Felix became a herpetologist instead""alternatively we could buy a used car"
  2. on the contrary;
  "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left""he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter""used English terms instead of Latin ones"