instead of

• Angular perturbations tend to increase instead of decrease .
  角扰动倾向于增加而不是减少。
• Instead of writing, i had been able to babble to you .
  我能够对你用唠唠叨叨的谈话代替写信。
• If i sip instead of blow, the chair moves backward .
  要是我不是吹而是吸，椅子就会转回去了。
• A slip of the tongue made me say robert instead of richard .
  我说走了嘴把理查德说成了罗伯特。
• Frequently, a bar over a number is used instead of the not .
  通常，用在数上加一横来表示“非”。
• Investors tried to recover money instead of investing it .
  投资者试图把钱收回来，而不用以投资。
• I might have two families to stand by me instead of one .
  我可以得到两个而不只是一个家族的支持。
• I 'll go instead of you .
  我愿代你去。
• A little tarlatan would do, they decided, instead of the tulle .
  她们决定用一点蓝色的薄纱代替绢纱。
• Instead of an answering cry i heard shriek from the natives .
  我听见的不是欢呼，而是众人的尖声惊叫。