Some people seem to think that sports and games are unimportant things that people do,at times when they are not working,instead of going to the cinema,listening to the radio,or sleeping.
Instead of 的意思是“代替……”、“而不……”,其主動用法如下：
1． 作為短語介詞,instead of 后面常跟名詞、代詞和動名詞,偶爾也跟復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu).例如：
I have come instead of my brother.He is ill.
I will go instead of you.
If I hadn’t got a cold I’d be working instead of lying here in bed.
Instead of doing it himself,he got a man to do it.
Instead of lending a hand,he laughed at us.他不僅沒有幫我們一把,反而嘲笑我們.
They must make up their own minds instead of our making up their minds for them.他們必須自己做出決定,而不是有我們來代替他們作決定.
It’s me that should ask you instead of you asking me.應(yīng)該是我問你而不是你問我.
2． Instead of 后面還可跟形容詞、副詞、動詞、不定式、介詞短語和從句,這時他相當(dāng)于連詞,但也有不少人認(rèn)為他們是介詞.但是,對中學(xué)生來說,重要的不是他的詞性,而是他的用法.請看下面的例句：
Taking exercise every day makes him look younger instead of older.每天鍛煉身體使他顯得更年輕而不是蒼老.（連接形容詞）
But the businessman grew worse instead of better.但這位商人的情況沒有好轉(zhuǎn),反而進一步惡化了.
I go to bed late instead of early.我總是很晚才睡.（連接副詞）
That increased instead of decreased our courage.這增加而不是減少了我們的勇氣.（連接動詞）
The price rises every day instead of sinks.
He proposes to do some work instead of to watch television.他提議做些工作而不是看電視.（連接不定式）
A word of encouragement might have made me respect instead of hate him.他若是說一句鼓勵的話,那么我或許不會恨他,反而會敬重他.（連接不定式）
In warm weather he often reads under a tree instead of in the library.
天氣暖和的時候,他常常是在樹下而不是在圖書館里讀書.（連接介詞短語）
As a result,silver begar to flow out of,instead of into,the country.
結(jié)果,銀開始流出而不是流入該國.
3． Instead 單獨使用的時候式副詞,常用于句末.例如：
We’ve no coffee.Would you like tea instead.
我沒有咖啡了,喝茶行嗎?
It will take days by car,so let’s fly instead..
坐汽車得好幾天時間,所以我們還是改乘飛機吧.
不過,用instead的句子也可以改成instead of：
She never studies.Instead,she plays tennis all day.à Instead of studying ,she tennis all days.她成天打網(wǎng)球,而不是學(xué)習(xí).
He didn’t give John the money,but he gave it to me instead.à Instead of giving John the money,he gave it to me.