instead of
preposition
uk/ɪnˈsted ˌəv/us/ɪnˈsted ˌəv/inplaceof someone or something:
作为…的替代You can goinsteadof me, if youwant.如果你愿意，你可以代替我去。
Instead ofcomplaining, why don't wetrytochangethings?与其抱怨，不如我们来作改变？
- Iwishyou'dspendmoretimeathomeinsteadof going outdrinkingwithyourfriendseverynight.
- You can makeshortbreadwithmargarineinsteadofbutter, but it isn't the same.
- Youwastea lot ofwaterby having abathinsteadof ashower.
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargainsomethingaway
- change over
- instead
- lieu
- make up forsomething
- name
- novate
- rep
- represent
- shoe
- sing
- someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
- spare
- step intosomeone'sshoesidiom
- step into the breachidiom
- sub outsomething
- substitution
- succeed