英语词汇“instead”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	instead
例句	insteadinstead /ɪnˈsted/ adverb ► instead adverb used when talking about using or doing a different thing from the usual or expected one. You also use instead when a different person does something: Can I have soup instead of salad? My dad can't go to the game, but he said that I could go instead. ► rather than preposition instead of someone or something. You often use rather than when talking about doing a different thing because it seems better: Rather than driving around all day looking for somewhere to park, why don’t you take a bus into town? ► in place of preposition instead of the thing or person that is usually used or that was used before. In place of sounds more formal than instead of: For this recipe you can always use olive oil in place of butter. The coach put in Rogers to start in place of Murray, who was injured. ► in someone's place adverb instead of the person who was going to do something: If Maria can't go, you can go in her place. ► in favor of preposition used before the thing that someone chooses instead, because it seems better: They rejected the original plan in favor of a new one.
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