instead 意思是：代替。instead of代替……。如：
I will play basketball istead of going to the cinema.我宁愿打篮球也不去看电影。(也就是：我打篮球代替看电影)
是的,in stead of 是介词短语,后面跟宾语,像名词,代词等做宾语 比如I will go in stead of her 我将代替她去 take the place of不能放句首引导从句,instead of可以 比如 By and by electricity will take the place of coal.不久以后,电将取代煤
