🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- forestry 126
- fealties 47
- roundworm 62
- BOARD 132
- centimetre 387
- dissension 102
- larva 148
- local 468
- Locally 165
- human capital 57
- racialism 60
- pandemonium 58
- shell fire 44
- empty 246
- violinist 64
- flip 211
- employment 489
- commensurately 126
- seed 560
- decline 534
- pictograph 54
- nationalist 77
- tane 43
- urge on 119
- dental 115
- get (someone) out of (something) 93
- ironic 190
- psychiatrist 163
- disloyal 169
- stitch 511
- huggers 47
- dine 353
- disastrous 276
- loft 191
- lithium 71
- realization 170
- Crash 186
- groomsman 75
- spirit 511
- pie 539
- thwart 170
- behind 191
- wear 255
- wobbly 251
- blowing 52
- dj 97
- dearest 73
- sketch 467
- cruciform 80
- chancer 112
- corner 330
- worst 518
- Since 235
- lace 574
- stripling 51
- install 550
- Outrageous 30
- firebomb 122
- mannikin 37
- blacklist 129
- memorial 474
- rope 624
- courage 488
- veteran 470
- nonplus 51
- serene 146
- midnight 486
- Echo 182
- rid 437
- attenuate 116
- reverence 249
- Poise 227
- supersede 157
- Respecting 159
- victim 576
- associated 101
- reenter 145
- discrete 192
- young 126
- explicate 102
- pepper 497
- virulence 75
- acetylene 169
- Hurt 210
- nonplussed 72
- hers 83
- Penalize 122
- outlast 77
- reactionary 79
- jewel 560
- northeasterly 65
- broomstick 104
- godhood 71
- robot 475
- occupied 130
- blatant 171
- following 493
- Alien 154
- shuffle 266
- legend 489
- teens 124
- Declassified 111
- Crawl 190
- Intercept 119
- episcopalian 75
- Tailor 130
- snap 592
- far-reaching 121
- tap dance 104
- rhymer 68
- carry out 133
- commodity 162
- ground squirrel 90
- gold leaf 98
- Alleviate 251
- Advantage 161
- developer 139
- glib 266
- utter 478
- militant 125
- rounder 44
- lb. 45
- exhaust 514
- cultivate 516
- Ache 121
- Exhilarating 63
- underwrite 94
- mope 103
- epicure 106
- etcetera 84
- exhaustive 153
- Am 125
- coast 728
- fence 483
- highlander 58
- warn 600
- kid 608
- preparatory 124
- in a way 24
- demand 559
- schoolchild 170
- distaste 129
- Infuriating 141
- Lure 237
- pommel 67
- declassify 208
- recorder 534
- fine art 139
- cheerio 115
- delusion 144
- upshot 60
- namesake 86
- Playful 177
- restorer 47
- perceive 537
- vertical 504
- squishy 144
- dark horse 113
- lactation 50
- Hostile 174
- expiate 128
- wisteria 58
- muddled 59
- Sovereign 194
- hebraic 67
- companion 504
- kettle 646
- panoply 74
- principal 487
- led 89
- spike 200
- stupidity 79
- Spar 84
- thigh 160
- Enchanted 69
- admittedly 122
- construction 477
- difference 605
- CONTEND 83
- half cocked 133
- make a run for it 40
- series 564
- morph 96
- quart 378
- rash 271
- spiny 109
- delimit 109
- proposition 217
- varmint 60
- dish 212
- emerge 531
- waist 499
- rich 257
- check 320
- conscript 117
- powdered 142
- campus 500
- firewood 119
- canine 118
- housewife 389
- salad 512
- desertification 110
- pat 534
- peace 515
- at random 99
- blandly 79
- misspell 100
- Luke 72
- Prowl 28
- Misgiving 34
- apparatus 412
- flippancy 106
- showery 45
- grocer 403
- efface 99
- Instinctual 33
- equivocal 112
- Prohibit 180
- loathsome 72
- humiliation 201
- chill 506
- nonviolence 67
- pin down 57
- campfire 106
- for laughs 67
- maries 45
- ragweed 81
- Engrossed 58
- her 150
- lens 543
- concern 587
- commercialise 132
- time card 46
- duelling 72
- adorable 199
- chesterfield 76
- inherit 473
- discount 518
- piddle 116
- cardamom 111
- victory 473
- brother 172
- uphold 323
- insectivorous 181
- fondness 128
- drip 476
- Renovate 73
- invalidity 65
- positive 513
- expeditious 114
- jangly 44
- corridor 512
- Midway 48
- Geography 43
- threepence 63
- Drum 145
- Butter 162
- difficulty 535
- for example 61
- Actress 126
- select 533
- teahouse 109
- slavery 459
- startled 87
- welch 43
- cripes 87
- exclude 545
- fancier 121
- Motion 196
- postmarked 35
- Liberalization 120
- cathode 117
- Siesta 121
- Panel 212
- Respire 112
- means 427
- Simplicity 153
- sign 586
- rondo 62
- track 602
- Zion 59
- valerian 51
- selection 509
- moment 377
- muster 105
- gentleman 515
- missionary 153
- Delirium 34
- snorkel 157
- Deliberation 30
- gentleman's agreement 111
- Erection 88
- stole 68
- instruct 435
- passive 559
- Magnify 132
- entwined 54
- socket 288
- furtherance 108
- guise 195
- Frustrating 146
- birthright 154
- immanent 53
- antigen 196
- revivify 78
- sensor 205
- Squeak 136
- mull 100
- Stead 152
- mental 464
- administrator 108
- score 520
- capture 550
- belay 75
- dictation 452
- wedge 141
- buy 255
- nostril 91
- presentable 78
- fem 131
- quietude 71
- lecture 584
- favourable 367
- gangrene 282
- leftmost 30
- cuss 129
- antenna 220
- realistic 226
- momentous 90
- lubricious 52
- ballooning 105
- controversy 218
- ditransitive 68
- an 160
- Humanoid 103
- Routine 230
- incredulous 177
- fang 154
- swatch 58
- epidemic 204
- snare 110
- scant 184
- savanna 75
- melodrama 170
- mark up 64
- reckon on 58
- chiseled 125
- cut 377
- dominoes 51
- conformance 106
- humourless 39
- gnarly 59
- education 569
- liberate 552
- undeserved 80
- eco- 149
- artificial 506
- eager 488
- archbishopric 123
- nark 44
- hearse 66
- duplicate 135
- punch 539
- pompous 168
- fly-by-wire 68
- flitting 44
- inquiry 454
- shaving 106
- crow's feet 61
- dig 291
- internist 56
- discomfit 139
- Bid 181
- downer 111
- dunlin 42
- hypertrophied 32
- manure 90
- criticize 515
- tranquillize 35
- journal 462
- Bearing 74
- Savvy 178
- illustrations 65
- tare 51
- infamous 427
- stark 250
- monetarist 35
- forerunner 137
- federal 406
- show 371
- distinctly 109
- convenience 537
- deserted 117
- splicer 51
- Bolt 216
- take apart 75
- tuck 493
- grudge 246
- fortissimo 107
- canned 112
- shriek 452
- becoming 96
- theocrat 44
- dampen 182
- celebratory 99
- colorlessness 46
- Stagnant 120
- foetal 85
- buckboard 74
- areal 79
- Glamorize 154
- alma mater 97
- tolerance 556
- city planning 87
- sander 65
- dinky 134
- airy 145
- hoax 248
- central 541
- free agent 98
- lair 53
- bull 472
- spongy 85
- crock 116
- support group 36
- mutual 444
- composting 73
- nah 64
- stagey 45
- demagoguery 78
- goner 97
- speedometer 57
- inhabitable 145
- lumpish 103
- quadrillion 44
- diaspora 82
- laparoscopy 59
- chalice 111
- timescale 59
- sure 297
- threaten 769
- armhole 110
- staid 70
- get out of something 39
- Contradiction 44
- Utilize 207
- Property 238
- evergreen 112
- wily 135
- Remind 217
- fortieth 74
- ideological 174
- ahchoo 62
- transfer 569
- table 287
- vindicate 206
- researcher 443
- Discourteous 55
- sophistication 160
- qualify 559
- attentions 47
- presenter 110
- deflect 194
- get around 152
- as is 29
- addictive 233
- swirl 225
- glamour 217
- floodplain 97
- abjure 108
- vs 91
- list 517
- consecration 122
- haven 147
- Retentive 60
- unconsciousness 66
- Revamp 176
- sultry 114
- dimensional 71
- strikeout 129
- conspire 206
- junk food 83
- inaccuracy 232
- free association 77
- sale 617
- artier 50
- chivvies 46
- far 230
- dukedom 79
- expense 531
- wave 584
- Over my dead body 52
- symbol 556
- Accusation 206
- Donation 127
- Idolatry 83
- district 611
- crude oil 87
- puritan 54
- enamel 161
instead
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of INSTEAD
— used to say that one thing is done or that one thing or person is chosen when another is not chosen, cannot be done, etc.代替；顶替 — often + of
- I was going to write you an e-mail, but I decided to call instead.我本打算给你发电子邮件的，但还是决定改打电话了。
- I couldn't afford a new car. Instead, I bought a used one.我买不起新车。退而求其次，我买了辆二手的。
- I don't have any milk—do you mind juice instead?我没有牛奶了——改喝果汁你介意吗？
- John couldn't attend the conference so Mary went instead. [=in his place]约翰无法出席会议，所以换玛丽去了。
- They didn't choose me: they chose her instead.他们没有选择我，而是选了她。
- She didn't want to live in the city and longed instead for the peace and quiet of the country.她不想在城市生活，而向往乡村的平静和安宁。
- I decided to call instead of writing. [=to call and not write]我决定打电话，不写信了。
- Instead of buying a new car, I bought a used one.我没买新车，而是买了辆二手车。
- They chose her instead of [=rather than; and not] me.他们选她没选我。
- He had juice instead of milk.他喝了果汁，没喝牛奶。
Example Sentences
I was offered a ride, but I chose to walk instead.
Recent Examples on the Web Tarnoff prefers to think of them, instead, as more like malls. 
Sarah Leonard, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 With victims increasingly refusing to pay to have their data unlocked, many cybercriminals instead use the same technology to steal sensitive information and demand extortion payments. Stefanie Dazio, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 The majority of the restructurings didn’t reduce the sum owed, but instead lengthened the payment timetable or extended grace periods to ease payment difficulties. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Wisconsin Republicans passed their own plan Thursday for $31 million in opioid settlement funds, rejecting the Evers administration's proposal and instead directing more money to law enforcement. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 The city decided the flags would not be reinstalled and instead decided to replace them with flags that represent the six branches of the military. Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2022 The sanctions, imposed in August, are remarkable because regulators did not target the crypto wallets of individuals or companies—as is customary—but instead the smart contracts that let Tornado Cash operate. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 Interestingly, no other Cedar Fair park still uses HalloWeekends, all preferring Haunt instead. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Rather than ending 12 years of filming with a huge emotional scene between series leads, the wonky scheduling meant the final frames shot on The Walking Dead were instead mostly done with extras. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 See More
Sarah Leonard, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 With victims increasingly refusing to pay to have their data unlocked, many cybercriminals instead use the same technology to steal sensitive information and demand extortion payments. Stefanie Dazio, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022 The majority of the restructurings didn’t reduce the sum owed, but instead lengthened the payment timetable or extended grace periods to ease payment difficulties. Jason Douglas, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Wisconsin Republicans passed their own plan Thursday for $31 million in opioid settlement funds, rejecting the Evers administration's proposal and instead directing more money to law enforcement. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 The city decided the flags would not be reinstalled and instead decided to replace them with flags that represent the six branches of the military. Stephen Simpson, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2022 The sanctions, imposed in August, are remarkable because regulators did not target the crypto wallets of individuals or companies—as is customary—but instead the smart contracts that let Tornado Cash operate. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 Interestingly, no other Cedar Fair park still uses HalloWeekends, all preferring Haunt instead. Susan Glaser, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 Rather than ending 12 years of filming with a huge emotional scene between series leads, the wonky scheduling meant the final frames shot on The Walking Dead were instead mostly done with extras. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of instead was in 1667 Phrases Containing instead
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文