英语词汇“stead”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Someone's stead is their position, or occupation. The eager understudy to starring role leapt at the chance to serve in the lead actor's stead when he mysteriously got food poisoning.

Stead comes from the Germanic root for "place, town," but we usually use it for a person's place, and most frequently when someone is serving as a substitute. If you serve in someone's stead, you're doing their job for them while they're not there. You probably intuitively know this word from the more common instead, which is just a shortening for "in the stead of."

WORD FAMILY

stead: steads

USAGE EXAMPLES

And, Stead added, “winning that state title was a real Hoosier moment for us.”

New York Times(Dec 26, 2016)

But that’s okay: His able spokesmen, on a daily basis, are perfectly capable of saying nothing in his stead.

Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016)

So it’s set me up in good stead for 2017.

Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016)

n the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

can you go in my stead?

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

lieu, place, position

behalf

as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of")

function, office, part, role

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

单词	stead
释义	stead (once / 785 pages) n Someone's stead is their position, or occupation. The eager understudy to starring role leapt at the chance to serve in the lead actor's stead when he mysteriously got food poisoning. Stead comes from the Germanic root for "place, town," but we usually use it for a person's place, and most frequently when someone is serving as a substitute. If you serve in someone's stead, you're doing their job for them while they're not there. You probably intuitively know this word from the more common instead, which is just a shortening for "in the stead of." WORD FAMILY stead: steads USAGE EXAMPLES And, Stead added, “winning that state title was a real Hoosier moment for us.” New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) But that’s okay: His able spokesmen, on a daily basis, are perfectly capable of saying nothing in his stead. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) So it’s set me up in good stead for 2017. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) n the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another can you go in my stead? Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper lieu, place, position behalf as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as "on behalf of" rather than "in behalf of") function, office, part, role the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
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