Simone一、instead为副局念词，有”代替“、”反而“、”抵作“的意思。instead单独使用，常放在句尾。
例句：I pressed him on whether he really did want to work in the bookshop or wanted to study instead .
译：我告诉他，他是否真的想在书店工作或想要学习。
二、instead of为介词短语，意旁尘为”而不是“运腊禅。instead of常放在句中。
例句：Instead of her doing five days a week, she just does four.
译：她每周只做了四天而不是做五天。
扩展资料：
instead的定义：as an alternative or substitute（作为代替或替代）
同义词：as an alternative；alternatively；alternately；on second thoughts；all things being equal
例句：
（1）I need to either find a way to make this clearer, or put complete entries on the page instead .
译：我需要找到一种方法来使这个更清晰，或者在页面上放置完整的条目来代替。
（2）My cousin had one that used to smoke, but he trained it out of that and got it doing exercise instead .
译：我的堂兄曾经是一个吸烟的人，但是戒了这个，以做运动来代替。
