instead

英[in'sted]美[in'sted]

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1.作为替代
2.反而，却

同：	[r.] alternatively, as an alternative, or else, rather

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Instead of seizing all potentially tainted feed, the government gave farmers and feedlots five weeks to use up their inventories.
再者，政府不是去寻找一切潜在的已感染过的饲料，而是给农场主和饲料场5周时间用完存货。收藏
If you wanted me to go why didn't you say so in plain English instead of making vague hints?
你想叫我走，为什么拐弯抹角而不直说？收藏
Instead of the aforetime Saturday-evening flutter and bustle and shopping and larking, the streets were empty and desolate.
如今的星期六没有了以往那种热热闹闹逛商店、开玩笑的场面，街面上空空荡荡，人迹稀少。收藏
But it's a long way to Chester's from my office, so I put on my raincoat and ran across the street of Pierre's instead.
但这家餐馆离我的办公室很远，所以我就穿上雨衣，跑过街道，改到对面的皮埃尔饭店去了。收藏

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in place of, or as an alternative to
- Felix became a herpetologist instead
- alternatively we could buy a used car
[同] instead, alternatively, as an alternative, or else
on the contrary
- rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left
- he didn't call; go rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter
- used English terms instead of Latin ones
[同] instead, rather

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