關(guān)于dare的意義和用法

作為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞表示“膽敢”,dare通常只用于否定陳述句和疑問句。例如:

I dare not go there.

How dare he say such rude things about me?

dare作為情態(tài)助動(dòng)詞沒有過去式形式,其否定式為daren’t,既可指現(xiàn)在時(shí)間,也可指過去時(shí)間。

例如:

Tom wanted to come, but he daren’t.

dare還可用主動(dòng)詞,隨后的不定式可帶to,也可不帶to。例如:

He does not dare (to) answer.

Does she dare (to) go there alone?

近義詞辨析

besides, but, except, except for

這組詞均含有“除…外”的意思。

besides

“除…外,還有…”,指更進(jìn)一步的擁有,包括所“除”事物在內(nèi)。

Have you got any clothes besides these?除了這些衣服你還有別的嗎?

but

不包括所引事物在內(nèi),多與nothing, not anything, nobody, nowhere, all, anybody等連用。

He has nobody but himself to blame for that.那件事他沒法指責(zé)別人,只能怪他自己。

except

不包括所引事物。常與no, none, nothing等否定詞或all, everyone, everything等連用,但不可用于句首。

They all went to the Summer Palace except one.除一人之外他們都去了頤和園。

except for

常指除去所引情況讓人稍感遺憾之外,整體情況尚屬理想,被除去的事物與正在談及的事物之間不具有共同屬性或性質(zhì)。

The roads were clear except for a few cars.除幾輛小汽車外,路面很空曠。