instead意為“代替”“替代”,作副詞用,通常位于句尾，如位于句首時(shí)常用逗號(hào)與后面隔開；instead of是介賓短語,其意與instead相同,不同之處在于它后面常接賓語。

instead of和instead有什么區(qū)別

1、詞性不同

instead of是介詞短語，后接名詞或動(dòng)名詞；instead是副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞或句子。舉例如下：

instead of going home，he chose to help others with their study.

not going home，he chose to help others with their study instead.

2、用法不同

instead of可以獨(dú)立構(gòu)成短語作狀語、同位語以及其他平行結(jié)構(gòu)，語義明確；

he chose to help others instead of going home，與help others 并列。

instead of staying home，he prefers playing with his mates，作狀語修飾主句。

instead只能修飾動(dòng)詞或句子，語義不明確，由主句確定；

because his classmates can't deal with homework，he chose to help others with their study instead.這里，instead沒有語義。

He didn't answer me but ，instead，asked another ， 強(qiáng)調(diào)asked another。

3、讀音不同

instead of 英[in?sted ?v] 美[?n?st?d ?v]

instead 英[?n?sted] 美[?n?st?d]

instead of的例句

1、He put a plus instead of a minus.

他填了個(gè)加號(hào)而不是減號(hào)。

2、The islanders use a system of barter instead of money.

島上的居民實(shí)行的是以物易物，而不是用貨幣。

3、Now I can walk to work instead of going by car.

現(xiàn)在我可以步行去上班，而不必開車了。

4、The authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick.

當(dāng)權(quán)者平心靜氣地勸說，而不是施加壓力。

5、We just had soup instead of a full meal.

我們沒有吃全餐，只喝了湯。