stead

英 [sted]

美 [sted]

n.  代替; 用处，好处
v.  对。。有用

现在分词：steading　复数：steads　

Collins.1 / BNC.13707 / COCA.20027

习惯用语

n.

in sb's/sth's stead
• 代替某人（或某物）
  instead of sb/sth
• Foxton was dismissed and John Smith was appointed in his stead.
  福克斯顿被解职，受命接替他的是约翰∙史密斯。
stand sb in good stead
• （需要时）对某人有用，对某人有利
  to be useful or helpful to sb when needed
• Your languages will stand you in good stead when it comes to finding a job.
  你通几种语言，找工作时就会显出优势。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 代替(某人)
  If you do somethinginsomeone'sstead, you replace them and do it instead of them.
  1. We hope you will consent to act in his stead...
     我们希望你会同意代理他的职务。
  2. My grandmother and aunt will be there in my parents' stead.
     我的祖母和姑妈将代替我的父母出席。
• PHRASE 对…很有用;对…很有利
  If you say that something willstandsomeonein good stead, you mean that it will be very useful to them in the future.
  1. These two games here will stand them in good stead for the future...
     现在的这两场比赛将对他们今后很有利。
  2. My years of teaching stood me in good stead.
     多年的执教经验令我大受裨益。

英英释义

noun

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
  1. can you go in my stead?
  2. took his place
  3. in lieu of
  Synonym:positionplacelieu

双语例句

• And in its stead Rutherford proposed something akin to a planetary system.
  而卢瑟福提出的，和行星系统相似的原子结构取而代之。
• No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth.
  我们能给予物质的外貌，最后没有一个能像真理这样于我们有利。
• I fight with no champion in my stead.
  我跟我没关系的战士比赛。
• Certainly his record and demeanour stand him in good stead in the eyes of his colleagues.
  无疑，在同事的眼里，他的记录和举止有助于为他增色。
• My years of teaching stood me in good stead.
  多年的执教经验令我大受裨益。
• We hope you will consent to act in his stead
  我们希望你会同意代理他的职务。
• This old umbrella has stood me in God stead for more than ten years.
  这把旧伞我已用了10多年了。
• My father's words set me in good stead for the rest of my life.
  父亲的话对我一生都很有帮助。
• My languages have always steed me in good stead at work.
  我的语言对我的工作一直有利。
• My anorak have stand me in good stead this winter.
  我这件皮猴儿今年冬天可帮了大忙了。