1 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. 代替…;而不是…
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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。
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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。
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They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量。
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Instead of going to work thinking that it will be totally boring, try to be positive.
不要一边去上班一边想着工作太无聊,要积极一些。
2 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. 作为替代;反而;相反地
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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。
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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。
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My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting all the time and eat normally instead.
丈夫问我为什么就不能不整天想着节食,转而正经吃饭。
SYN rather, alternatively, preferably, in preference
| Word Link | stead ≈ place, stand : bedstead, homestead, instead |
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