stead
n
(idm 习语) in sb's/sth's `stead (fml 文) in sb's/sth's place; instead of sb/sth 代替某人[某事物]
I can't attend the meeting but I'll send my assistant in my stead. 这个会我来不了, 我让助手代我出席. stand sb in good `stead be useful or helpful to sb when needed 在需要时对某人有用或有帮助
My anorak has stood me in good stead this winter. 我这件皮猴儿今年冬天可帮了大忙了.
🗣️ 情景例句
OK. There will be a taxi waiting outside in 10 minutes.
好,10分钟后会有一部出租车在外面等候。
He measures another's corn by his own bushel.
用自己的标准衡量别人;以己度人。
Whether a planet can support life depends on the size and brightness of its star, that is its 'sun'.