instead是个副词,是代替、顶替的意思。instead常用在句末(也可句首),说明被代替的人或事物。
例:We’ll have to ask Zhang Li instead.我们得请张力代替了。
Let him go instead.让他替你去吧。
I didn’t have a pen, so I used a pencil instead.我没有钢笔,因此就用铅笔 代替了。
instead之后可带of,构成“instead of”短语,意思也是“代替,顶替”,但
instead of后面必须加上所被代替的人或事。
例:I came instead of my brother.我替兄弟来了。
I’ll do the washing instead of my mother.我要替我妈妈洗衣服。
instead和instead of的转换。
例:She never studies.Instead ,she plays the piano all day.
Instead of studying, she plays the piano all day.
instead后接句子,而instead of后面接动名词。