形形色色的“代替”

羅成勇

英語中“代替”的表達(dá)法有很多，現(xiàn)將其種種表達(dá)法歸納并舉例如下，供同學(xué)們在復(fù)習(xí)時(shí)參考。

1. instead of意為“代替”“而不是”。如：

He will go instead of you.

He stayed at home instead of going to the station.

2. instead意為“代替”“反而”“而”，是副詞，放于句首或句末。如：

She never studies， instead， she plays tennis all day.

Your teacher is ill today； Ill give you lessons， instead.

3. stead意為“代替”，是名詞。如：

If you cant come， send her in your stead.

4. in （the） stead of意為“代替”（=instead of）。如：

Who will go to Beijing to attend the meeting in the stead of Mr. Zhang？

5. in place of意為“代替”，相當(dāng)于instead of。如：

Roft had to work as blacksmith in place of his lazy father. 羅夫特只得代替他懶惰的父親去當(dāng)鐵匠。

We use gas in place of coal in cooking.

6. in ones place意為“代替”（=in place of）。如：

Our monitor is away， Im acting in his place. 班長不在，我代替他的職務(wù)。

Ill go to Wuhan in his place.

7. take the place of意為“代替”，作謂語，用在名詞、代詞前。如：

Tractors have taken the place of horses in many places. 在許多地方，拖拉機(jī)代替了馬。

Who will take the place of Mr. Smith？

8. take ones place意為“代替、接替”（=take the place of）。如：

Tom will take the chairmans place. 湯姆將代理主席。

Your maths teacher is ill， so Ill take his place to give you a maths lesson.

9. for意為“替、代替”，多用于口語，作為介詞放在名詞、代詞前。如：

Please post this letter for me.

Let me do it for you.

10. stand for意為“代替、代表”，作謂語。如：

He stands for his boss to attend the meeting.

VIP stands for Very Important Person. VIP表示“非常重要的人”。

11. replace意為“代替，取代”，作謂語。如：

Can anything replace a mothers love and care？

Do you think there will be a day when computers replace the human brain？

12. replacement意為“代替，取代”，是名詞。如：

Can you get a replacement while you are away？ 你不在時(shí)能找到人代替你嗎？

13. substitute意為“代替”，作謂語。如：

You can substitute margarine for butter. 你可以用人造奶油來代替奶油。

14. substitute for意為“代替”，此時(shí)，substitute是不及物動(dòng)詞，與for搭配。如：

He substituted for the typist during her absence. 打字員不在時(shí)由他代替。

15. in lieu of意為“代替”，相當(dāng)于instead of。如：

Joe was ill in bed， so Mike played in the game in lieu of him.endprint