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instead

/in-sted/US // ɪnˈstɛd //UK // (ɪnˈstɛd) //

而不是,而是,反而

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
    • : in preference; as a preferred or accepted alternative: The city has its pleasures, but she wished instead for the quiet of country life.

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Examples

  • Forage isn’t selling an internship replacement, but instead comes in one degree before the recruitment process.

  • Major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Best Buy instead made the console available a few hours after Sony's game showcase on Wednesday.

  • A credible party, Microsoft, emerges, but instead, a non-consumer company, Oracle, whose top executives are tight with the president, becomes a prospective “technology partner,” but not a buyer, of TikTok.

  • Lincoln High, though, canceled calculus and put Zora Williams in a ceramics class instead.

  • There’s only one memory card instead of a pair, which makes sense for an entry-level camera, but isn’t ideal for anyone who might want to do some professional work with it.

  • Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.

  • Instead, the man and woman in the truck wanted to know where the crash site was and whether would I show them.

  • Instead, spa hotels filled up with over 30,000 refugees from the war-troubled Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

  • But this year, instead of simply voting against Boehner on Tuesday, at least two members of the group are vying to replace him.

  • Instead, I spend much of my time criticizing my fellow atheists.

  • It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.

  • Why he did that, instead of walking around on the shore, Jimmy Rabbit couldn't understand.

  • Instead of the expected general amnesty, only a few special pardons were granted.

  • We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.

  • But, instead of following up their victory, the half-resolute rioters camped near Guadalupe for the night.