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instead of
preposition
uk /ɪnˈsted ˌəv/ us /ɪnˈsted ˌəv/
in place of someone or something: 作为…的替代
You can go instead of me, if you want.如果你愿意，你可以代替我去。
Instead of complaining, why don't we try to change things?与其抱怨，不如我们来作改变？
I wish you'd spend more time at home instead of going out drinking with your friends every night.
You can make shortbread with margarine instead of butter, but it isn't the same.你可以用人造黄油代替黄油制作甜酥饼，不过口味差一些。
You waste a lot of water by having a bath instead of a shower.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Replacing and exchanging
alternate
alternatively
bargain something away
behalf
change over
compensation
lieu
make up for something
name
novate
part exchange
shoe
sing
someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom
spare
substitutability
substitutable
substitution
substitutive
succeed
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