Instead 跟 Instead of 到底差在哪?
🤔 英文小教室:Instead 跟 Instead of 到底差在哪?
1️⃣ Instead(副詞):取而代之的是;反而
它可以放在句首、句中或是句尾。通常前面會先有一個「沒有發生」或「被否定」的句子,接著再用 instead 帶出「實際上做了什麼」。
Lucas didn’t cook dinner last night. Instead, he ordered a pizza.
= Lucas didn’t cook dinner last night; instead, he ordered a pizza.
= Lucas didn’t cook dinner last night. He ordered a pizza instead.
(盧卡斯昨晚沒做晚飯,反而他叫了披薩。)
2️⃣ Instead of(介系詞片語):而不是…;並非…
因為 of 是介系詞,所以它後面只能接「名詞 (N)」或「動名詞 (V-ing)」!它可以放在句首,也可以放在句中。
I would like to have a cup of tea instead of coffee.
(我想喝一杯茶,而不是咖啡。)
Instead of going to the beach, we stayed home because of the heavy rain.
(與其去海邊,我們選擇待在家,因為雨下得太大了。)