Dare
[deə] or [dɛr]
解释:
(noun.) a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; 'he could never refuse a dare'.
(verb.) to be courageous enough to try or do something; 'I don't dare call him', 'she dares to dress differently from the others'.
埃米尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
(v. t.) To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.
(v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.
(n.) The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.
(n.) Defiance; challenge.
(v. i.) To lurk; to lie hid.
(v. t.) To terrify; to daunt.
(n.) A small fish; the dace.
整理:保罗
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Venture, presume, have courage, be bold enough, not be afraid.
v. a. Bravo, defy, challenge.
阿蒂整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Venture, face, brave, hazard, risk, defy, challenge
ANT:Shrink, shun, dread, cower
科琳录入
解释:
v.i. to be bold enough: to venture:—pa.t. durst.—v.t. to challenge: to defy.—n. (Shak.) boldness a challenge.—n. Dare′-dev′il a rash venturesome fellow.—adj. unreasonably rash and reckless.—adjs. Dare′ful (Shak.) full of daring adventurous; Dar′ing bold: courageous: fearless.—n. boldness.—n. Dar′ing-do (see Derring-doe).—adj. Dar′ing-hard′y (Shak.) foolhardy.—adv. Dar′ingly.—I dare say I suppose.
v.t. to frighten terrify.
n. a small river fish of the carp family and of the same genus as the roach chub minnow &c.
录入:赛斯
例句:
- It was said he had got possession of his Indian jewel by means which, bold as he was, he didn't dare acknowledge. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Think you, Tars Tarkas, that John Carter will fly at the first shriek of a cowardly foe who dare not come out into the open and face a good blade? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Ah, I dare say I did. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- I dare say I owe as much as good-natured people will let me owe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Dare you take the freedom of going all over the house? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- He doctors sick horses, I dare say? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Mrs. Elton is very good-natured and agreeable, and I dare say her acquaintance are just what they ought to be. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- He had not dared to tell it sooner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- She could not doubt, she dared not indulge a hope, of the paragraph being false. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- My Prince, he started, where hast thou-- and then he stopped, but I knew the question that his lips dared not frame. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It was undeniably exciting to meet a lady who found the van der Luydens' Duke dull, and dared to utter the opinion. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The enemy had not dared to come out of his line at any point to follow up his advantage, except in the single instance of his attack on Barlow. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- There she lay, unconscious that I was looking at her--quiet, more quiet than I had dared to hope, but not sleeping. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I dared summon solitude to guard us. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- By daring hearts is freedom won. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- He is, in my judgment, the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I can't deny, I said, that the plan you propose meets the difficulty in a way that is very daring, and very ingenious, and very new. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Perish the daring thought that any smaller creation should come between! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I was only angry, my dear--I may say outrageous--with the _Independent_ people for daring to insert it; that's all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Love looks and longs, and dares not; Passion hovers round, and is kept at bay; Truth and Devotion are scared. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Where I came from if a man dares to say a word in favor of the Union we hang him to a limb of the first tree we come to. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, _At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter_. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- We shall see who it is dares strike the mighty Tal Hajus. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Who dares insult me by proposing such a thing? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Who dares to arrest a Knight of the Temple of Zion, within the girth of his own Preceptory, and in the presence of the Grand Master? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Who dares say nay, I say he lieth. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
整理:希欧多尔