instead of

介词 prep.
中文释义

英文释义

介词 prep.
  1. In lieu of; in place of; rather than.
    — He walked to school instead of taking the car.

词形变化

in stead of alternative,archaic in the stead of alternative,formal,literary insteada alternative,pronunciation-spelling steada alternative,pronunciation-spelling

词源

From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of (cf. in one's stead). Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), Dutch instede (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”).
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