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dare /deə(r)/ v.aux. | vi. | vt. | n. | phr.
I v.aux.
[主要用于疑问、否定或条件句]敢；竟敢
Dare she come? 她敢来吗?
I daren't say so. 我不敢这样说。
She dare not go out of the house. 她不敢离开房子。
How dare you be so rude! 你怎么竟敢如此粗鲁!
If you dare speak to me like that again, you will be sorry. 如果你再敢这样同我说话，你要后悔的。
II (过去式 dared 或〈口〉〈方〉durst /dɜːst/, 过去分词 dared)
❶ vi.
敢，有足够的胆量
The reporters spread discontent at the editors as far as they dared. 记者在他们敢于说话的范围内散布对编辑的不满。
She made me believe that she had dared greatly. 她使我相信她曾很大胆。
❷ vt.
1. 敢
I would never dare (to) jump with a parachute. 我永远也不敢跳伞。
Does anyone dare (to) call me a liar? 有谁敢说我撒谎成性吗?
2. 敢做；敢尝试；敢冒…的险
Why didn't you dare it before? 为什么你以前不敢做这事?
dare the dangers of the icy north 敢于冒北方冰雪严寒的危险
Balloonists did not dare the Atlantic again until 1958. 在1958年以前，气球驾驶员不敢再作飞越大西洋的尝试。
3. 敢于面对；公然反抗
He dared the wrath of the tyrant. 他敢于面对暴君的狂怒。
I am not brave enough to dare her anger. 我没有足够的胆量去惹她发火。
dare the power of a dictator 公然反抗独裁者的权力
4. 向…挑战；激
I dared him to climb the wall. 我问他有没有种爬墙。
III n.
1. 挑战
His father took the dare. 他父亲接受挑战。
He consumed a litre of liquor on a dare. 他在激将法的鼓动下，喝了一升烈酒。
2. 〈废〉大胆；勇敢
[<OE durran <turran to venture, dare] phr. I dare say 1. (我想)可能，大概，或许 I dare say he'll come later.他稍后或许会来。2. (我想)是这样；当然；很可能 You're right,I dare say. 当然，你是对的。I dare swear 我确信 |