Lieu means “place,” but English almost never uses it by itself. You will meet it in the phrase in lieu of, which means “instead of.” A shop might give you a voucher in lieu of cash; a school might give extra time in lieu of a missed class; a British office might give you a day off in lieu of extra pay (time off in lieu).

Lieu Lieu means意思是 "place,"「地方」, but English almost never uses it by itself但英文幾乎不會單獨使用這個字。You你 will meet it會遇到它 in the phrase in lieu of在片語 in lieu of 裡, which means意思是 "instead of."「代替」。A shop might give you商店可能會給你 a voucher代替現金的抵用券 in lieu of cash（a voucher in lieu of cash）; a school might give學校可能會給 extra time額外的時間 in lieu of a missed class來代替一堂缺的課; a British office might give you英國的公司可能會給你 a day off一天假 in lieu of extra pay來代替加班費 (time off in lieu)（這就叫 time off in lieu）。

It is rather formal, a little old-fashioned — the English of notices and contracts.

It這個字 is rather formal相當正式, a little old-fashioned有點老派 —— the English of notices and contracts是公告和合約會用的英文。

Though actually the tidy gloss “instead of” is right, people do not say “I chose tea lieu coffee.” They say in lieu of, or, in ordinary talk, they just say instead of. The word came into English already sitting inside that phrase.

Though actually不過其實 the tidy gloss雖然簡單翻成 "instead of"「代替」 is right是對的, people do not say但大家不會說 "I chose tea lieu coffee."「I chose tea lieu coffee」這種話。They say他們會說 in lieu ofin lieu of, or, in ordinary talk或者在日常說話時, they just say就直接說 instead ofinstead of。The word came into English這個字進入英文的時候, already sitting inside that phrase本來就已經是待在這個片語裡的。