instead是副詞,一般放在句首或句末。而instead of 是介詞短語(yǔ),表示“代替”時(shí), 含有“對(duì)比”的意思,其后常跟名詞、代詞或v-ing形式。如:
Jack didn’t study law. Instead, he decided to become an actor.
杰克沒(méi)有學(xué)法律,而是決定作一名演員。
If you can’t go to the meeting, I can go instead.
如果你不去開(kāi)會(huì), 我可以(代替你)去。
Could I have tuna instead of ham?
我能否要金槍魚(yú)而不是火腿?
Miss Wang is ill. I’ll teach you instead of her.
王老師病了,我代替她給你們上課。
We walked down the stairs instead of taking the elevator.
我們走著下樓梯而沒(méi)有乘電梯。