We simply drank juice instead of eating breakfast.

我们没有吃早饭，只喝了果汁。

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She prefers to read books instead of watching TV.

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Interfaces describe a set of functionality, or a contract.

接口描述了一系列功能, 或者是约定.

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Instead of working hard at her lessons, Mary spends her time building a castle in the air.

玛丽不用功读书, 却花时间去幻想.

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Jim should get a job instead of lolling around the house all day.

吉姆应该找份工作,不要成天闲在家里.

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He philosophises instead of actually doing something.

他不动手实干,却大谈理论.

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Instead of helping her, his explanation only mixed her up.

他的解释不但没帮她的忙, 反而把她搞糊涂了.

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Instead of working at her lessons, she spends her time building castles in the air.

她没有努力学习功课而是花费了很多时间空想.

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Instead of electricity, there were kerosene lanterns.

没有电, 有煤油灯.

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Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.

有些人把自己所有的苦恼都归咎于运气不佳,而不认为是缺乏能力.

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He got off with only a fine instead of possible imprisonment.

他仅受到罚款而不被监禁.

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I was most chagrined when I heard that he had got the job instead of me.

当我听说是他而不是我得到了那份工作时懊恼极了.

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Instead of opening the gate, we climbed over it.

我们没有开门, 而是从门顶上爬过去的.

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Give me this instead of that.

给我这个,不要那个.

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They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.

他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资.

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Instead of admitting his mistakes , he shifted the blame onto others.

他自己不认错, 还派别人的不是.

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The enemy may have recourse to steel instead of poison.

敌人可能用凶器来取代放毒.

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Have you been loafing away the whole afternoon instead of getting on with your work?

难道你把一下午都混了过去而没有继续干你的工作?

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We went to the Biology class instead of attending the English lesson.

我们去上生物课而不去上英语课.

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Pickled pearl onions can replace chopped onion in recipes.

腌制的珍珠洋葱可以在食谱中替代切碎的洋葱。

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Why didn't he offer fresh insights instead of repeating that worn-out platitude?

他为什么不提出些新颖的见解，而不是重复那个陈腐的老生常谈呢？

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She filled the tank with petrol, not diesel, but the motor still failed due to an unknown cause.

她在油箱里加了汽油而不是柴油，但由于不明动机，发动机仍然故障了。

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We were still pretending to fight — using loudspeakers instead of weapons.

我们仍然假装在战斗——还在用喇叭而不是武器。

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Firms are reducing inventory instead of making new products.

各公司正在减少库存，而没有生产新的产品。

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Munch on celery or carrot sticks rather than indulging in chocolate bars.

改吃芹菜或胡萝卜条，而不是沉溺于巧克力棒。

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When facing difficulties, think carefully about how to address them instead of focusing on the negative outcomes.

遇到困难时，仔细考虑怎样解决问题，而不是关注消极的结果。

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Water suppliers must concentrate on cutting down waste rather than constructing additional reservoirs.

自来水供应商必须集中精力减少浪费，而不是建造更多水库。

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We didn't send them to prison but assigned them to assist the lemon farmers with their work.

我们没有把他们送进监狱，而是派他们去协助柠檬种植者干活。

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