dare
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they dare | |
| he / she / it dares | |
| past simple dared | |
| past participle dared | |
| -ing form daring |
(not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时 to be brave enough to do something 敢于；胆敢 She said it as loudly as she dared. 她壮着胆子大声说了出来。 - dare (to) do something
He didn’t dare (to) say what he thought. 他不敢说出他的想法。 They daren't ask for any more money. 他们不敢再要钱了。 - (literary)
She dared not breathe a word of it to anybody. 她对任何人都只字不敢提及此事。 Dare to be different! 要敢于与众不同！ There was something, dare I say it, a little unusual about him. 要我说啊，他这人有那么一点怪。
Grammar Point daredare- Dare (sense 1) usually forms negatives and questions like an ordinary verb and is followed by an infinitive with to. It is most common in the negative:
dare（第 1 义）通常与一般动词一样构成否定式和疑问式，后接带 to 的动词不定式，最常用于否定句中： I didn’t dare to ask. 我不敢问。 He won’t dare to break his promise. 他不敢食言。 You told him? How did you dare? 你告诉他了？你竟敢？ I hardly dared to hope she’d remember me. 我几乎不敢指望她会记得我。
在肯定句中常用 not be afraid 代替： She wasn’t afraid (= she dared) to tell him the truth. 她敢对他讲实话。
- It can also be used like a modal verb especially in present tense negative forms in British English, and is followed by an infinitive without to:
I daren’t tell her the truth. 我不敢对她讲实话。
- In spoken English, the forms of the ordinary verb are often used with an infinitive without to:
在英语口语中，此普通动词的各种形式常与不带 to 的不定式连用： Don’t you dare tell her what I said! 谅你不敢告诉她我说的话！ I didn’t dare look at him. 我不敢看他。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2I hardly dared breathe. 我几乎不敢呼吸。 I wouldn't dare go by myself. 我不敢自己去。 He didn't dare (to) say what he thought. 他不敢说出他的想法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- barely
- hardly
- scarcely
- …
- wouldn’t
- [transitive]
to persuade somebody to do something dangerous, difficult or embarrassing so that they can show that they are not afraid 激（某人做某事）；问（某人）有没有胆量（做某事） - dare somebody
Go on! Take it! I dare you. 来呀！接受吧！我谅你也不敢。 - dare somebody to do something
Some of the older boys had dared him to do it. 几个大男孩激他，问他敢不敢干这事。
Grammar Point modal verbsmodal verbsTopics Dangerc1- The modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will and would. Dare, need, have to and used to also share some of the features of modal verbs.
can、could、may、might、must、ought to、shall、should、will 和 would 均为情态动词。dare、need、have to 和 used to 亦具有情态动词的某些特性。 - Modal verbs have only one form. They have no -ing or -ed forms and do not add -s to the 3rd person singular form:
情态动词只有一种形式，没有 -ing 或 -ed 形式，第三人称单数也不加 -s： He can speak three languages. 他会说三种语言。 She will try and visit tomorrow. 她明天将设法去参观。
- Modal verbs are followed by the infinitive of another verb without to. The exceptions are ought to, have to and used to:
情态动词后跟不带 to 的动词不定式，但 ought to、have to 和 used to 例外： You must find a job. 你必须找到一份工作。 You ought to stop smoking. 你应当戒烟。 I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago. 我过去抽烟，但两年前就戒了。
- Questions are formed without do/does in the present, or did in the past:
疑问句现在时不用 do/does，过去时不用 did： Can I invite Mary? 我可以邀请玛丽吗？ Should I have invited Mary? 我本该邀请玛丽吗？
- Negative sentences are formed with not or the short form -n’t and do not use do/does or did.
否定句用 not 或简约式 -n't，不用 do/does 或 did。
情态动词的不同用法可参考本词典里各情态动词词条。 - dare somebody
Word OriginOld English durran, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic gadaursan, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek tharsein and Sanskrit dhṛṣ- ‘be bold’.
Idioms
don’t you dare!
how dare you, etc.
I dare say
(also I daresay especially in British English)
used when you are saying that something is likely 我想；很可能；大概