stead

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsteadstead /sted/ noun 1 → do something in somebody’s stead2 → stand/serve/hold somebody in good steadExamples from the Corpusstead• If some one would die in Admetus' stead, he could live.• The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.• Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.• These shoes had stood him in good stead.• They have stood the Royal Navy in good stead.• If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.• The 356 series was about to die and in its stead was coming the 911.• A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead.Origin stead Old English stede “place”

单词	stead
释义	stead From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsteadstead /sted/ noun 1 → do something in somebody’s stead2 → stand/serve/hold somebody in good steadExamples from the Corpusstead• If some one would die in Admetus' stead, he could live.• The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.• Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.• These shoes had stood him in good stead.• They have stood the Royal Navy in good stead.• If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.• The 356 series was about to die and in its stead was coming the 911.• A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead.Origin stead Old English stede “place”
随便看	lie motionless lie open etc lie second etc lie sprawled lie sprawled out lie still etc lie still/awake etc lie there lie third etc lie through your teeth lie up lie/remain dormant lie/wait in ambush Liebfraumilch Liechtenstein lief liege liege lord liegeman lien lienee lienor lier lieu lieu