Stead

(noun.) the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; 'can you go in my stead?'; 'took his place'; 'in lieu of'.

手打:穆里尔

• A praetor, therefore, was appointed to administer it in his stead. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And Dr. Pillule is my very good friend, was the answer, in perfect English; but he is busy at a place three leagues off, and I am come in his stead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I'll not stand you an inch in the stead of a seraglio, I said; so don't consider me an equivalent for one. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• What would you advise me to use in its stead, father? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• And purchase in his stead some sweetly pooty pug or poodle--something appropriate to the fair sex. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He has given me in its stead perfect love. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But no deep plan, no careful cunning could have stood him in such good stead. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• If the man's heer, Slackbridge, let's hear the man himseln, 'stead o' yo. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Her dignity stood her in no stead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

录入:罗宾逊