【instead音标】 英[ɪnˈsted] 美[ɪnˈsted]
【单词释义】 instead是什么意思：
adv.代替，顶替；反而；反倒
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【常用短语】
instead of 代替；不是…而是…
【单词例句】
◇ So instead of shooting, he took a pair of scissors and began to cut open the wolf's belly.
猎人就没有开枪，而是操起一把剪刀，动手把呼呼大睡的狼的肚子剪了开来。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ After eleven days had passed, and it was Benjamin's turn, he saw that a flag had been raised. It was not the white one, but instead the red blood-flag, decreeing that they all were to die.
十一天过去了，轮到便雅明放哨。他看到高塔上升起了一面旗子，可这旗子不是白色的，而是血红色的，这意味着他们只有死路一条。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ When people seized this crazy man with caution and sobered him by tapping his face, he complained about the bad weather instead of associating his failure with his unscientific design.
当人们小心地抓住这个失去理智的人，轻轻拍打他的脸使他清醒过来时，他还在抱怨糟糕的坏天气，却没有将他的失败与他不科学的设计联系起来。
---- Strange Patent Applications
◇ For example, if a boss fluently commands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis”, you can recognize his American identity, while the latter suggests that he is British.
例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司机：“Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs（直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，而不是要求说，“Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis（请直接搭电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”，你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者却暗示着那是一位英国人。（请注意：elevator是美式说法而lift是英式说法)
---- Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
◇ In the UK, students go off to university (or uni) instead of college. The British version of college is typically a two-year program where students either focus on learning one particular skill set (much like a vocational school) or use the time to prepare for exams so that they can advance to university.
在英国，学生上大学用的词是university而非college。英国的college通常是两年制，学生专攻一项技能（和职业学校很相似）或为升入大学（university）的考试做准备。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ So, if 10,000 steps has been feeling out of reach to you, it may be time reset those factory settings on your fitness tracker. Instead, try to hit at least 4,400 a day, along with daily activities that you enjoy. And stick to it.
所以，如果你觉得1万步已经遥不可及，那么是时候在你的健身追踪器上重置这些出厂设置了。你可以试着每天至少走4400步，再做些你喜欢的日常活动，并坚持下去。
---- How Many Steps You Need To Take A Day To Maintain Good Healt
◇ In Spanish, the word "DIVERSION" means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word "DIVERSION" on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hold.
在西班牙语中，单词“DIVERSION”的意思是有趣。在英语中，这意味着工人正在修路，你必须更改线路。当我的朋友们在路标上看到“DIVERSION”这个标志时，他们以为他们会玩得很开心。相反，这条路的尽头是一个巨大的障碍物。
---- The difference between vacaciones and holidays
◇ Instead remember a time from your previous job where you multitasked effectively and explain what the outcome was.
你应该回忆你在上一份工作中同时高效处理多项任务的经历，并说说你完成的结果。
---- Five most common questions asked at a job interview
◇ Truth: The best time for a workout is whatever time allows you to exercise most consistently. Ideally, you want to make physical fitness a daily habit, so if late-night trips to the gym are your thing, stick with it. If you prefer a morning run, do that instead.
事实：锻炼没有最好的时段，无论什么时候都行，只要你能坚持。理想的情况下，你要让健身成为你的日常习惯，所以如果你喜欢晚上去健身房，那就坚持晚上去。如果你喜欢晨跑的话，那就晨跑。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ (2)Instead of driving,you can also take the shuttle bus to get here.
(2)如果您不开车，可以搭乘摆渡车到这里。