dare

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dare用作實義動詞時,有時態(tài)和人稱的變化,用do, does或did來構(gòu)成否定句或疑問句。
dare作“敢”解時,指“勇敢”,含有大膽、魯莽、愛冒險,或因愛慕虛榮而甘冒生命或受懲罰的危險的意味,后面通常接動詞不定式,有時可省略不定式符號to。一般不用于進行體。
dare還有“激某人做難辦的事”的意思,即問某人敢不敢(或能不能)做某事,暗示他不敢(或不能),其后接以動詞不定式充當(dāng)補足語的復(fù)合賓語,不定式中的to一般不省略。
dare還可作“冒險,面對危難而不畏懼”解,直接接賓語,這是不常見的用法。
dare的過去式是dared,但多用于正式語體,口語中少見。

dare用作情態(tài)動詞,一般用于疑問句、否定句或條件句,或與hardly, never, no one, nobody等連用。有時態(tài)變化,但沒有人稱形式的變化,其后接動詞原形。構(gòu)成疑問句和否定句時不用助動詞do。
dare的否定式有時可用來指過去的事情。

(BE BRAVE/RUDE) to be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous, or to be rude or silly enough to do something that you have no right to do
(ASK) to ask someone to do something that involves risk
something you do because someone dares you to

If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
Dare is also a modal.
If you dare someone to do something, you challenge them to prove that they are not frightened of doing it.
A dare is a challenge which one person gives to another to do something dangerous or frightening.
If you say to someone "don't you dare" do something, you are telling them not to do it and letting them know that you are angry.
You say "how dare you" when you are very shocked and angry about something that someone has done.
You can use "I daresay" or "I dare say" before or after a statement to indicate that you believe it is probably true.