dare

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dare用作实义动词时,有时态和人称的变化,用do, does或did来构成否定句或疑问句。
dare作“敢”解时,指“勇敢”,含有大胆、鲁莽、爱冒险,或因爱慕虚荣而甘冒生命或受惩罚的危险的意味,后面通常接动词不定式,有时可省略不定式符号to。一般不用于进行体。
dare还有“激某人做难办的事”的意思,即问某人敢不敢(或能不能)做某事,暗示他不敢(或不能),其后接以动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语,不定式中的to一般不省略。
dare还可作“冒险,面对危难而不畏惧”解,直接接宾语,这是不常见的用法。
dare的过去式是dared,但多用于正式语体,口语中少见。

dare用作情态动词,一般用于疑问句、否定句或条件句,或与hardly, never, no one, nobody等连用。有时态变化,但没有人称形式的变化,其后接动词原形。构成疑问句和否定句时不用助动词do。
dare的否定式有时可用来指过去的事情。

(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.