in one's stead

介词短语
中文释义
英 /ɪn wʌns ˈstɛd/    美 /ɪn wʌns ˈstɛd/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. In place of someone or something.; As a successor to someone or something. formal,literary
    — Then the people of the land tooke Jehoahaz the ſon of Joſiah, and made him King in his fathers ſtead in Ieruſalem.
  2. In place of someone or something.; Instead of or rather than someone or something. formal,literary
    — Bleſſed Lord [Jesus], they crucifie thee for all thy good vvorks: if thou hadſt been guilty, poſſibly thou mighteſt have been ſpared in the stead of Barabbas; […]
  3. In place of someone or something.; As a person's deputy or representative. archaic,formal,literary
    — Thẽ [then] Iaakobs angre vvas kindeled againſt Rahél, and he ſaid, Am I in Gods ſtede, vvhich hathe vvithholden frõ [from] thee the frute of the vvombe?
  4. In place of someone or something.; As replacement for someone or something in a physical place. formal,literary,obsolete
    — Didſt thou [Jesus] not chooſe even that vvhich thou novv groaneſt under; and vvert vvilling to put thy Soul in our Souls ſtead, and bear the ſin of thoſe vvhich are novv thy burden?

词形变化

in the stead of (one) alternative

词汇关系

相关词
in good stead

词源

From Middle English in ones stede, equivalent to in + one’s + stead (“function or position of someone or something, as taken on by a successor; (obsolete) place, spot”).
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