Word Preparation

instead of: 代替；而不是

in place of something

We should try to fix the problems instead of complaining.
我们应该尝试着去解决问题而不是去抱怨。

You should go out for a walk once in a while instead of working all the time.
你应该偶尔出去散散步，而不要一直工作。

Thanks to Lily, we won the football game easily.
多亏了Lily，我们轻松的赢得了这场比赛。

Thanks to my good friend Ellen, I got to the airport on time.
多亏了我的好朋友Ellen，我准时赶到了机场。

I have heard this story dozens of times before.
这个故事我之前听过很多遍了。

Dozens of people have already visited this famous history museum.
已经有很多人参观过这个著名的历史博物馆了。

to sell more tickets or places for an aircraft, holiday, etc. than are available

Hotels always get overbooked during holidays.
放假期间，酒店通常出现超额预订的情况。

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She told us that the airline is allowed to overbook by 10 percent.
她告诉我航空公司容许百分之十的超额预订。

do something now without waiting; at once; right away; right now

I suggest you look into the matter immediately.
我建议你立即调查这件事。

They worked out a new plan and decided to carry it out immeidately.
他们制定出了一项新计划并决定立即实施。

当表达唯一的时候，例如，The Internet has changed the way we live.
用来指代已知的事物或人物，例如，I had a sandwich and an apple this morning, but the sandwich wasn’t good and the apple was nice.

— Hi, Steve. Have you watched the move Fast and Furious 7 recently?
— No, I haven’t watched it yet.