instead是什么意思_instead怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

instead 代替WWW.WentiYi.COm

in-,进入，使，-st,站立，词源同stand,stead.引申词义替代位置的，代替。

instead: instead: [13] Instead is the English end of a chain of loan translations that goes back to Latin in locō (in loan translations, the individual components of a foreign word or expression are translated into their equivalents in the borrowing language, and then reassembled). The Latin phrase meant literally ‘in place (of)’, and this was translated into Old French as en lieu de.

Middle English rendered the French expression in turn as in stead of or in the stead of (stead ‘place’, now obsolete except in certain fixed compounds and expressions, comes ultimately from the same Indo-European source as stand, station, etc). It began to be written as one word towards the end of the 16th century.
=> stand, station, statue, stead
instead (adv.): 1590s, from Middle English ine stede (early 13c.; see stead); loan-translation of Latin in loco (French en lieu de). Still often two words until c. 1640.

词态变化

权威造句

1. Instead of complaining about what"s wrong, be grateful for what"s right.: 别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

2. He said they should turn their fire on the Conservative Party instead.: 他说他们应该掉转枪口，向保守党开火。

3. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.: 他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。

4. He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" instead.: 他划掉了“编剧”二字，改为“作者”。

5. Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.: 小块腌洋葱可用来替代切片洋葱。

近反义词

preferably

rather

相似短语

if instead of 如果不是

instead of prep. 代替；作为...的替换

instead of doing 用...来取代...

单词分析

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