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单词 lieu
释义
lieu
noun
formal
uk
/ljuː//luː/us
/ljuː//luː/
in lieu (of)
instead(of):
替代，取代（同 instead （of））
HeworkedonSundayand tookMondayoff in lieu.他周日工作，这样周一可以休息。
They gave somebooksin lieu ofpaymentfor theworkI did.对我做的这些工作，他们给了我一些书作为报酬而不是付钱。
Thepaintingswereleftto thenationby the Duke of Norfolk in lieu ofinheritancetaxes.诺福克公爵把这些画留给了国家，以代替交纳遗产税。
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(Definition oflieufrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lieu| Business English

lieu
noun
uk
/luː/us
in lieu (of sth)
HR
insteadof something:
You can take alumpsumin lieu of anyunusedvacationentitlement.
He wasofferedacashbonus, orstockoptionsin lieu.
LAWUS
until anamountofmoneyispaidtoprovethat apersonchargedwith acrimewill nottrytoleavethecountry:
in lieu of bail/bondHe is beingheldin the City Jail in lieu of $500,000bond.

See also

time off in lieu
(Definition oflieufrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflieu

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Several community members were found to have been sending hired people inlieuof their own labor contribution for maintenance work.
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The borrower worked for the lender, or substituted someone to work in his or her place, inlieuof paying interest on the loan.
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At harvest time, inlieuof wages the crop is divided between the owner and the labourers.
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This dynamic programming approach produces a directed acyclic graph inlieuof the tree.
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The other 35% of centres have either resisted "unsocial" hours working, depended on the goodwill of staff, or awarded their employees time-off inlieu.
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In the calculations, inlieuof better information the discharge per unit width was approximated as the discharge divided by the water surface width.
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Garments were also acquired inlieuof wages.
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Something tangible was needed, and the hierarchy chose self-communion inlieuof priestly and spiritual communion.
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Employers also had the option of providing a housing allowance inlieuof accommodation, which some used as a pretext to limit wages.
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Typically, however, farmers granted their laborers a plot of land inlieuof cash wages.
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In addition, ordinary zabtiyes were paid 45 piastres, lieutenants and captains 90, and majors 555 piastres inlieuof bread rations.
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In accepting conflict and ambiguity within a project, inlieuof an extremist oppositional stance, a mediative potential is formed.
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Inlieuof mechanization, administrators attempted to find other and cheaper ways to make the cities sanitary.
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Note that the requirement here is that the child's consent be obtained in addition to, not inlieuof, the consent of the legal guardian.
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For many speakers "lieu" and "loo" are now homophones.
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