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而不是；代替

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而不是；代替

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Instead of replacing the entire roof, the school repaired the damaged section before the rainy season.
学校没有更换整片屋顶，而是在雨季前修好了受损部分。

来源：Expression Original Learning Examples — 阅读必备库 — rights-cleanup-2026-10-14 · Expression Editorial Team段 oanc-base-instead-ofOriginal English example and Chinese translation written for Expression; no third-party sentence text is reproduced.

We cycled to the market instead of driving because the streets were closed for the parade.
因为街道为游行封闭了，我们骑车去市场，没有开车。

来源：Expression V2 原创例句 · Expression V2段 instead-of example 1Expression V2 创作

And you open source a full AI native office suite instead of keeping it as a paid feature.
而你开源了一整套AI原生办公套件，而不是把它保留为付费功能。

来源：Genspark's Bet: AI Agents Become the Users of Software | Wen Sang · Chain of Thought — host and credited guests章 t-25段 sentence:6408c230d5b8b332c956cc9aChain of Thought — chainofthought.show; https://chainofthought.show/podcast/73-gensparks-bet-ai-agents-become-the-users-of-software/; CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; selection/segmentation by SharedEnglishCorpus. Audio not licensed.