stead
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stead /sted/ noun 1 do something in somebody’s stead formalINSTEAD to do something that someone else usually does or was going to do 代替某人做某事 Pearson was appointed to go in Harrison’s stead. 皮尔逊受命接替哈里森的工作。2 stand/serve/hold somebody in good stead to be very useful to someone when needed 〔需要时〕对某人很有用 His years of training were standing him in good stead. 多年的训练对他很有好处。
Examples from the Corpus
stead• If some one would die in Admetus' stead, he could live.• The change in the secretary general is likely to stand her in good stead with committee Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.• Those contacts, he says, still serve him in good stead today.• These shoes had stood him in good stead.• They have stood the Royal Navy in good stead.• If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.• The 356 series was about to die and in its stead was coming the 911.• A man-made clock would certainly prove a useful accessory to astronomical reckoning but could never stand in its stead.Origin stead Old English stede “place”stead nounChinese
someone something to else do or does that usually Corpus
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stead /sted/
noun
Pearson was appointed to go in Harrison’s stead.
2. stand/serve/hold somebody in good stead to be very useful to someone when needed:
His years of training were standing him in good stead.
stead /sted/
noun Language: Old English
Origin: stede 'place'
1. do something in sb’s stead formal to do something that someone else usually does or was going to do:Origin: stede 'place'
2. stand/serve/hold somebody in good stead to be very useful to someone when needed:
