Dare,meaninghavethecouragetodosomething,canalsobeusedintwoways:
Dare的意思是“有勇气做某事”,它也有两种用法:
dare作实义动词
*asanordinaryverbfollowedbyaninfinitivewithto,withsinthethirdpersonsingularandwithquestionsandnegativesformedwithdo:
作为实义动词时,接带to的不定式,第三人称单数作主语时加s,疑问句和否定句用do来构成:
Heneverdarestocriticiseherforwastingmoneyandshedoesn'tdaretointerrupthimwhenhe'sworking.
dare作情态动词
*asamodalauxiliaryverbfollowedbyaninfinitivewithoutto,withnothirdpersonsingularsandwithquestionsandnegativeswithoutdo:
作为情态助动词时,接不带to的不定式,第三人称单数作主语时不加s,疑问句和否定句不需要用do来构成:
Dareshetellhimwhatshethinksabouthim?Shedaren'tsayanything.Hewillonlyshoutather."Howdareyouspeaktomelikethat?"hewillsay.
她敢告诉他她对他的想法吗?她什么也不敢说。他只会对着她咆哮:“你怎敢那样对我说话?”他肯定会这么说。
Differencesinusearenotasfixedorclearcutbetweendoesn'tdaretoanddaren'tastheyarebetweendoesn'tneedtoandneedn't,exceptinexpressionsorcollocationssuchas:
doesn'tdareto与daren't在用法上的差别不像doesn'tneedto和needn't那么固定或清晰,除了在以下这些表达和搭配中:
eg:HowdareyouwalkawaywhenI'mtalkingtoyou?
Idareyoutogouptohimandaskhimforadate.
Idaresayyou'reprettyhungryafterallthatcycling.
Inthislastexample,IdaresaymeansIsuppose.
最后一例中的Idaresay的意思是Isuppose,我料想。