lieu是什么意思？

lieu

英[lu:] 美[lu]

• n. 代替，场所，处所；

例句

• We work on Saturdays and have a day off in lieu during the week. 我们每星期六上班，平时换休一天。
• They took cash in lieu of the prize they had won. 他们没有领奖品而是领了现金。
• The company offered us time off in lieu. 公司叫我们用休假来代替.
• A 10 percent service charge is added in lieu of tipping. 加收了10%的服务费以代替小费。
• He used an inked thumbprint in lieu of signature. 他用按手印替代签字.
• A partition surfaced in foil wall covering stands in lieu of a headboard. 一面金属箔片饰面的隔墙替代了床头板原先的位置.
• ...an increased salary or time off in lieu. 加薪或代之以休假
• He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in lieu of rent. 他把自己仅有的那点家具留给了房东抵房租。

词组

• in lieu of
  In place of; instead of. 替代；顶替

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PREP-PHRASE
  代替…；作为…的替代
  If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  例句
  He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in lieu of rent. 他把自己仅有的那点家具留给了房东抵房租。
• PHRASE
  …以代之
  If you do, get, or give something in lieu, you do, get, or give it instead of something else, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
  例句
  ...an increased salary or time off in lieu. 加薪或代之以休假

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (以…)替代
  They took cash in lieu of the prize they had won. 他们没有领奖品而是领了现金。 We work on Saturdays and have a day off in lieu during the week. 我们每星期六上班，平时换休一天。 The company offered us time off in lieu. 公司叫我们用休假来代替。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
  "can you go in my stead?""took his place""in lieu of"