instead
释义
adv. 代替；反而
自然拼读
例句
You probably picked up my keys instead of yours.
你可能没拿你的钥匙而错拿了我的。
Geoff didn’t study law. Instead, he decided to become an actor.
杰夫没学法律，相反，他决定当演员。
If Jo can’t attend the meeting, I could go instead.
如果乔不能去开会，我可以代他去。
Instead of being annoyed, he seemed quite pleased.
他没有生气，反而似乎很高兴。
Could I have tuna instead of ham?
我可否要金枪鱼来代替火腿？
词组
instead of
代替；不是…而是…
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真题
考纲分布
adv. 代替; 顶替; 反而; 却
考纲释义
adv. 代替; 顶替; 反而; 却
真题例句
We are supposed to put away smart phones and take more exercise instead.
我们应该收起智能手机，多运动。
[2020 安徽省卷 阅读理解]
But then, instead of sleeping, David picks up his book, and reads deep into the night.
但是，后来大卫没有睡觉，而是拿起他的书，一直读到了深夜。
[2020 广州市卷 阅读理解]
Instead, he worked as a volunteer in an old people's home.
相反，他在一个养老院做志愿者。
[2020 青岛市卷 综合填空]
备考短语
1.instead of
翻译：代替；而不是；取代
考纲分布
adv. 代替; 顶替
adv. 相反; 然而
考纲释义
adv. 代替; 顶替
真题例句
Instead of trying to pick out a job for me, they helped me learn those things that led me to it.
他们没有试图为我挑选一份工作，而是帮助我学习那些有利于我找到工作的东西。
[2019 全国卷1 听力]
A female cat without children may bring these "treats" to her owner instead.
没有孩子的母猫可能会把这些“食物”带给她的主人。
[2018 全国卷3 听力]
Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner.
相反，我们有一个弹出式露营车，车内配有舒适的床和空调。
[2017 全国卷1 阅读理解]
adv. 相反; 然而
真题例句
Instead, they explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
相反，它们会在你嘴里爆炸，就像包含味道的小炸弹一样。
[2021 新高考Ⅰ卷 七选五]
Instead, our results suggest that the successful dogs realized that a smiling mouth means the same thing as smiling eyes.
相反，我们的结果表明，成功识别的狗能意识到微笑的嘴和微笑的眼睛含义相同。
[2021 浙江卷 阅读理解]
After letting go of his anger and frustration, he found himself on a road to sympathy instead.
在放下愤怒和沮丧之后，他发现自己反而走上了一条同情之路。
[2021 天津卷 完形填空]
备考短语
1.instead of
翻译：代替；而不是；取代
1 ...Let’s put this person in a residential care home instead of a nursing home—she will be much better off...
2016.6 CET4 阅读理解
2 ...Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures...
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3 ...But customers cannot be forced to order salads instead of fries...
2015.6 CET4 阅读理解
4 ...Why not instead think of learning as if it were food--something so valuable to humans that they have evolved to experience it as a pleasure...
2015.12 CET4 阅读理解
5 ...instead of focusing on a given feature...
2017.6 CET4 听力题
6 ...the gift money must be put in the red envelope instead of the white envelope...
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7 ...most families ate dinner at home instead of eating out...
2015.12 CET4 阅读理解
8 ...Relationships in the real world are maintained through human contact and spending time with each other instead of chitchatting online...
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9 ...The bid went instead to Fuji...
2015.6 CET4 阅读理解
10 ...conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub...
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