Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.

学习而不是看电视将帮助你获得更好的考试成绩，而节省五元钱而非买一个冰激凌意味着你可以买一本新书。

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It's likely you'd prefer to feel happy instead of sad, or confident instead of insecure.

你可能更喜欢开心而不是伤心，更喜欢自信而不是不安。

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After searching for one hour, participants were asked to hunt instead for certain shapes instead of colors.

寻找一个小时后，参与者反过来被要求寻找某些形状而不是颜色。

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The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.

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R/Cv OK, so that means that this is really instead of -1 R over Cv. it's really gamma minus one.

现在,变成了γ

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Even more dangerously, from the standpoint of anybody who likes poetry, he talks instead of "statement," meaning science, and "pseudo-statement," meaning poetry.

更危险的是，在任何一个热爱诗歌的人看来，他转用“陈述“指代科学，用“伪陈述“指代诗歌。

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Instead -- instead of rejecting good ideas because we didn't think of them first, let's use the best ideas from both sides.

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The first stage of the elections will be held April 22-23 instead of April 27-28 in the governorates of Cairo, Behaira, Minya, Port Said and Northern Sinai.

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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, a self-regulatory body that reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, has proposed rules that would require brokers to ask clients about the importance of state tax benefits, explain a client's direct-sold in-state plan for comparison purposes, and determine what is most suitable for the client--instead of just pushing broker-sold out-of-state plans that might carry higher commissions for them.

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