來自古英語 stede,位置，地方，來自 Proto-Germanic*stadiz,位置，地方，來自 PIE*sta,站立， 建立，詞源同 stand,state.引申詞義代替，縮寫自 in somebody's stead,在某人的位置。
英文詞源
stead
stead: [OE] Stead ‘place’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *stadiz, which also produced German statt ‘place’ and stadt ‘town’. This in turn went back to Indo-European *stətís, a derivative of the base *stə -, *stā- ‘stand’, which also produced English stand and Latin stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state, statue, etc). The expression in the stead of ‘in place of’, and its lexicalized form instead, originated in the 13th century, modelled on Old French en lieu de. => stand, state, statue, steady
stead (n.)
Old English stede "place, position; standing, firmness, stability, fixity," from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (cognates: Old Saxon stedi, Old Norse staðr "place, spot; stop, pause; town," Swedish stad, Dutch stede "place," Old High German stat, German Stadt "town," Gothic staþs "place"), from PIE *steti-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related to stand.
Now chiefly in compounds or phrases. Meaning "assistance, use, benefit, advantage" is from c. 1300. Meaning "frame on which a bed is laid" is from c. 1400. The German use of Stadt for "town, city" "is a late development from c. 1200 when the term began to replace Burg" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names]. The Steads was 16c. English for "the Hanseatic cities."
雙語例句
1. My years of teaching stood me in good stead.
多年的執教經驗令我大受裨益。
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2. I've always felt that solid experience would stand me in good stead.
我總覺得實實在在的經曆會對我有利的。
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3. We hope you will consent to act in his stead.
我們希望你會同意代理他的職務。
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4. My grandmother and aunt will be there in my parents' stead.