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单词 instead
释义
in·stead (ĭn-stĕd)
adv.
1. In the place of something previously mentioned; as a substitute or an equivalent: Having planned to drive, we walked instead.
2. In preference; as an alternative: yearned instead for a home and family.

[Middle English in sted of, in place of : in, in; see IN1 + stede, place; see STEAD + of, of; see OF.]
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