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1. PHRASE 代替(某人)
   If you do something in someone's stead, 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。
2. PHRASE 对…很有用;对…很有利
   If you say that something will stand someone in 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。

1. I've always felt that solid experience would stand me in good stead.
   我总觉得实实在在的经历会对我有利的。
2. We hope you will consent to act in his stead
   我们希望你会同意代理他的职务。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. My years of teaching stood me in good stead.
   多年的执教经验令我大受裨益。
6. Adams took a succession of jobs which have stood him in good stead
   亚当斯连着做过几份让他颇为受益的工作。
7. I'll go in his stead.
   我代他去。
8. 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。
9. My knowledge of English stood me in good stead.
   我的英文知识给了我很大的用场。
10. His power to swim stood him in good stead when the boat upset.
    当船翻的时候，他的游泳本领对他颇有用处。
11. I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.
    我已经使埃及作你的赎价，使古实和西巴代替你。
12. This money will stand you in good stead.
    这钱对你会有用的。
13. Some work experience will stand you in good stead.
    积累点工作经验对你有好处。
14. My languages have always steed me in good stead at work.
    我的语言对我的工作一直有利。
15. My knowledge of French stood me in good stead when I traveled in france.
    我在法国旅游时，我的法语知识很有用。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. She asked me to attend the meeting in her stead.
    她要我替她去“参加”“会议”。
20. Oh, romeo! Giveup your name and take me in stead!
    喔！罗密欧，放弃你的名子，而以我来代替吧！
21. By fighting her in my stead.
    代替我和她打一场。
22. 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。
23. His anorak has stood him in good stead this winter.
    他这件带兜帽的夹克在今年冬天对他很有用。
24. The example she set stood me in good stead when I became President.
    她树立的榜样在我当上总统后起到了很大作用。
25. The market stead after last week's fluctuation.
    继上周的波动之后，市场稳定下来了。
26. I hope that our credentials stand us in good stead.
    我希望我们的凭据站在我们良好的。
27. This advice will hold you in very good stead.
    这个意见将举行你很有好处。
28. I fight with no champion in my stead.
    我跟我没关系的战士比赛。
29. 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。
30. The skiffs you have acquired on the course should stand you in good stead.
    你在这门课中所学到的技能应该对你有用。

n.

in sb's/sth's stead

• 代替某人（或某物）
  instead of sb/sth
  1. 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
  1. 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。

noun

1. 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