Translation meaning & definition of the word "instead" into Chinese (Simplified) language

adverb

1. In place of, or as an alternative to

• "Felix became a herpetologist instead"

• "Alternatively we could buy a used car"

synonym:
• alternatively
,
• instead
,
• or else

1. 代替或替代

• "“费利克斯反而成为了爬虫学家”"

• "“或者我们可以购买二手车”"

同义词:
• 或者
,
• 相反
,
• 否则

2. On the contrary

• "Rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"

• "He didn't call

• Rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"

• "Used english terms instead of latin ones"

synonym:
• rather
,
• instead

2. 相反

• "“他没有让孩子们失望,而是在离开前做了两个快速的技巧”"

• "“他没有打电话

• 而是（或相反）,他给她写了一封信”"

• "“使用英语而不是拉丁语”"

同义词:
• 宁可
,
• 相反

Examples of using

You should travel while you're young instead of spending time in front of the computer.

您应该年轻时旅行,而不要在电脑前花时间。

Wrath doesn't control me, I control wrath instead.

愤怒不能控制我,我可以控制愤怒。

What do you want instead?

你想要什么？

Can I pay you tomorrow instead of today?

我明天可以代替今天付款吗？

You can come on Monday instead.

您可以在星期一来。

You'd better go find a job instead of fucking around.

您最好去找工作,而不是四处乱逛。

She used margarine instead of butter.

她用人造黄油代替黄油。

I bought the black bike instead of the red one.

我买了黑色自行车而不是红色自行车。

Acting on advice from his astronomers, Alexander the Great decided not to attack Egypt and went to India instead.

亚历山大大帝根据天文学家的建议,决定不进攻埃及,而是去了印度。

Couldn't we cuddle, instead?

我们不能拥抱吗？

He took honey instead of sugar.

他拿蜂蜜代替糖。

My sister didn't own up to breaking the lamp, instead she made up some story about aliens coming to Earth with the objective of destroying every piece of yellow furniture.

我姐姐不愿意打破灯,相反,她编造了一些关于外星人来到地球的故事,目的是摧毁每件黄色家具。

Go out and get some fresh air instead of watching TV.

出去呼吸新鲜空气,而不是看电视。

The idea of God would be more interesting if instead of having created humans he had found them.

如果上帝没有创造人类,而是找到了人类,那么上帝的观念将更加有趣。

Don't change sentences that are correct. You can, instead, submit natural-sounding alternate translations.

不要更改正确的句子。相反,您可以提交听起来自然的替代翻译。

If you give carnations 100Up instead of water, they last much longer - often as long as three or four weeks.

如果您给康乃馨100Up而不是水,它们的使用寿命会更长-通常长达三到四个星期。