单词：instead
r on the contrary; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter
考试类型：[中考/高考]
instead的用法和样例：
例句
- I gave him advice instead of money.我给了他忠告，而不是钱。
- I made this cake specially, with brown sugar instead of white.我特别地以红糖代替白糖做了这个蛋糕。
- We shouldn't look down upon them, instead we should try to help them and take more care of them.我们不仅不该歧视他们,反而更要多帮助、照顾他们。
常见句型
- 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,而她的妹妹骑车去了。
- 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.如果哈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。
常用短语
- (用…)代替…,(是…)而不是…,(用…)而不用… in place ofinstead of sb/sth/adj\u002e
They use cotton instead of silk.
他们用棉花代替丝绸。
Give me this instead of that.
给我这个,不要那个。
Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.
每天锻炼身体使他看起来更年轻,而不是更衰老。
instead of to-vI went to borrow this book instead of to buy it.
我去借这本书,而不是去买它。
We went to the Biology class instead of to attend the English lesson.
我们去上生物课,而不去上英语课。
instead of v-ingWhen one has something to say, it's best to come to the point directly instead of talking in a round-about way.
一个人有话要说的时候,最好是直截了当地说出来,而不要转弯抹角。
The herdsmen are living a settled life instead of roaming from place to place in search of water and grass.
牧民们过着定居的生活,不再为了找水草而到处游牧。
The wheels turned quickly, but instead of going forward the bus slid into a drift four feet high.
车轮转得很快,但是车子不是向前走,而是滑进了一个四英尺高的雪堆。
instead of prep\u002e-phraseWe 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。
They went there by bike instead of by bus.
他们没乘汽车而是骑自行车去的。
Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of to lack of ability.
有些人把自己所有的麻烦都归咎于运气不佳,而不认为是缺乏能力。
词汇搭配
- go instead代某人去
- drink beer instead改喝啤酒
- laugh instead反倒笑了
- take one's class instead代某人的课
经典引文
I found it on the floor instead of in the drawer.
出自：Oxford English DictionaryHe had whisky instead of blood running through his body.
出自：D. AbseInstead of taking you to the station, I should have driven you straight home.
出自：J. Krantz