取而代之：instead的常见意思
Instead of complaining about it, I'm just gonna go in every day and give it my all.
——The Big Bang Theory
与其每天抱怨不停，不如卯足全力去做好它。
——《生活大爆炸》
一、关于instead，你应该知道的用法有
adv.
1.作为替代
The teapot has lost its proper lid but this one will do instead.
茶壶盖儿不见了，但这个可代替使用。
2.反而，却
He tried to blow up a fire. The fire died out, instead.
他试图把火吹旺，谁知火却熄了。
二、接下来，做个填词游戏吧
She said nothing, preferring ______ to save her comments till later.
她什么也没说,而是想稍后再作评论。
