Translation of "Instead" in Chinese

How about this instead?

不然這樣好不好？

- He went there instead of his father.
- He went instead of his father.

他代替他的父親去。

I learned French instead of German.

我学法语代替德语。

So instead they turned to Scotland,

所以他们转而向苏格兰买鱼，

He uses honey instead of sugar.

他用蜂蜜来代替糖。

Instead of fewer accidents there are more.

事故沒減少而增加。

I saw him instead of his father.

我代替他的父親看過他了。

He went fishing instead of playing tennis.

他去钓鱼了，而没去打网球。

Instead of him, my brother was arrested.

我的兄弟被捕了而不是他。

He went there instead of his father.

他代替他的父親去。

- She substituted margarine for butter.
- She used margarine instead of butter.
- She spread on margarine instead of butter.

她用人造黄油代替了黄油。

- I may give up soon and just nap instead.
- I might give up soon and have a kip instead.

也许我会马上放弃然后去睡一觉。

- I may give up soon and just nap instead.
- Maybe I'll just give up soon and take a nap instead.
- I might give up soon and have a kip instead.

也许我会马上放弃然后去睡一觉。

- I may give up soon and just nap instead.
- Maybe I'll just give up soon and take a nap instead.

也许我会马上放弃然后去睡一觉。

Instead of going to school, he stayed at home.

他沒有上學，留在了家中。

Will you go to the party instead of me?

你会代替我去派对吗？

She's vegetarian, so she ate tofu instead of turkey.

她是素食者，所以她沒吃火雞，而是吃了豆腐。

He will go to the meeting instead of me.

他代替我去了会议。

I may give up soon and just nap instead.

也许我会马上放弃然后去睡一觉。

I usually use a credit card instead of cash.

我经常用信用卡，而不是钞票。

The candle went out instead of having been put out.

蜡烛出去，而不必被扑灭。

I stayed home all day instead of going to work.

我没有去工作，在家里待了一整天。

Instead of going to Europe, I decided to go to America.

我决定去美国，而不是欧洲。

- She substituted margarine for butter.
- She used margarine instead of butter.

她用人造黄油代替了黄油。

John stayed in bed all day instead of going to work.

约翰一整天待在床上而没去工作。

I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.

那我就不继续打扰你，玩数独游戏去了。

Don't fear being put upon. Fear instead being unable to help.

不怕被人利用，就怕你沒用。

Instead of eating real food, we just ate junk food all day.

我們整天吃的都是雜七雜八的零嘴，並沒有甚麼正規的食物下過肚。

You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.

望着天花板发呆,还不如读一读小说。

One should not be scared of poverty, and instead, be determined amidst it.

人不要怕穷，要穷中立志.

Frankly speaking, I actually wanted to stay at home, instead of going out.

老實說，我其實想留在家中，不想出外的。

Tom wanted to stay home and relax instead of hiking with his children.

汤姆想待在家休息而不是和他的孩子们出去远足。

Don't change sentences that are correct. You can, instead, submit natural-sounding alternative translations.

请勿更改没有错误的句子。请添加一个新的更自然的翻译。

Instead, they live alone as long as they are able to take care of themselves.

恰恰相反，在有能力自己照顾自己的时候，他们独自生活。

Instead, they detect sounds through their tongues and feel vibrations through sense organs in the skull.

相反，他们通过舌头来侦测声音，并通过头骨内的感觉器官来感受震动。

Instead of preparing a dinner by candlelight, she put her boyfriend up for auction on eBay.

她没有准备烛光晚餐，而是把她的男友放到Ebay上拍卖。

The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.

数据表明大课的最佳时间是30分钟，而不是60分钟。

Before getting married, I called my girlfriend's mother "Auntie". After marriage, I started calling her "Mom" instead.

结婚前，我管女朋友的妈妈叫“阿姨”，结婚后，我就改叫“妈”了。

- I may give up soon and just nap instead.
- I may give up soon and just take a nap.

也许我会马上放弃然后去睡一觉。

- He went there instead of his father.
- He left to replace his father.
- He goes to replace his father.

他代替他的父親去。

If you have a bone to pick with a person, tell it to his face instead of saying things behind his back.

如果你们之间有问题，应该当面告诉他，不要在背后说他。

I am going to be out from this morning so I won't be able to check my computer. Please text me instead.

因为今早要出门，不能用电脑，所以用手机发信息。

- Rather than cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?
- Instead of cutting down on cigarettes, why don't you just give them up?

比起少抽菸，你何不直接把菸戒了？

Instead of just the marketing department completing all their work objectives is not as effective as all the departments working together and mutually realising all the objectives.

与其仅仅营销部成功地完成自己的工作目标，不如所有部门一起合作，共同实现所有目标。

There's an upside to everything so it's unnecessary to focus on the good; on the contrary, we should instead be pushing for reversals because it's only through setbacks that we improve and see decisive opportunities clearly.

每件事情都有好的一面,　所以不用計算好處,　相反的要追求挫折,　才得到轉機,　洞燭先機.

- To tell the truth, I would rather stay at home than go out.
- Frankly speaking, I actually wanted to stay at home, instead of going out.
- To tell the truth, I'd rather stay at home than go out.

老實說，我其實想留在家中，不想出外的。

I bet you'd never heard of a Stroh violin before Tom Waits dug it back up! Anyway, it used a large metal horn as its resonator instead of a wooden box so it could be picked up better by recording equipment before the late 1920s.

我敢打賭，在Tom Waits發掘它當幕後支援前你從來沒有聽說過斯特羅小提琴！無論如何，1920年代末前它採用了一個大型金屬喇叭諧振器來代替木製音箱，以便它可以更好地被錄音設備收音。