0 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 -- 敢于;胆敢;竟敢
I was going to ask if his dog was better, but I didn't dare in case she had died. 我本想问问他的狗好些没有,可是又怕那狗已经死掉了,所以没敢问。
[ + (to) infinitive ] Everyone in the office complains that he smells awful, but nobody dares (to) mention it to him. 办公室里人人都在抱怨说他身上有股难闻的气味,可是却又没人敢跟他说。
[ + infinitive without to ] I wouldn't dare have a party in my flat in case the neighbours complained. 我可不敢在公寓里举行聚会,以免邻居们不满。
I'd never dare (to) talk to my mother the way Brandon talks to his. 我永远也不敢像白兰度对他母亲讲话那样跟我母亲说话。
[ + to infinitive ] He was under attack for daring to criticize the mayor. 他因为敢于批评市长而受到攻击。
1 to ask someone to do something that involves risk -- 向…挑战;问…有没有胆量(做);(用激将法)激
2 something you do because someone dares you to -- 在激将法的作用下做出的事,应他人挑战而做出的事
She fixed the child with a stare of such disapproval he did not dare move.
I wouldn't dare say anything against him to his mother!
He's a bit possessive about his CDs - I wouldn't dare ask to borrow them.
What, we dare ask, could possibly be causing this?
No sovereign government would dare to issue debt without being rated by one or both of the agencies.
And nowhere had anyone dared monumentality on the scale of the great platform and tiled vaults soaring 15 storeys into the air above.