instead of
instead of
prep.（介詞）
In place of; rather than:
代替；寧愿：
ordered chicken instead of fish.
點(diǎn)了雞而不是魚(yú)
ather than
rather than
conj.（連接詞）
And not:
而不是…,而非…：
“Gibson guitars—with their carved tops and necks that are fitted and glued to the body, rather than bolted on—are expensive to make”(Joshua Rosenbaum)
“制造吉伯遜吉他非常昂貴——精雕的頂端和頸部被安裝且黏到吉他主體,而不是被鎖上”(喬舒亞·羅森鮑姆)
prep.（介詞）
Instead of:
而非…,替代…：
“diseases in which the immune system plays the villain rather than the protector”(Sandra Blakeslee)
“免疫系統(tǒng)在疾病中扮演的是壞蛋的角色,而非保護(hù)者”(桑德拉·布萊克斯利)