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dared

/dair/US // dɛər //UK // (dɛə) //

敢于,敢于担当,胆大妄为,敢

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    dared or durst [durst]; /dɜrst/; dared;daring;present singular 3rd person dares or dare.

    • : to have the necessary courage or boldness for something; be bold enough: You wouldn't dare!
v.有主动词 verb
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    dared or durst [durst]; /dɜrst/; dared;daring;present singular 3rd person dares or dare.

    • : to have the boldness to try; venture; hazard.
    • : to meet defiantly; face courageously.
    • : to challenge or provoke into a demonstration of courage; defy: to dare a man to fight.
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    • : to have the necessary courage or boldness to: How dare you speak to me like that? He dare not mention the subject again.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act of daring or defiance; challenge.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbchallenge, defy someone

Examples

  • He subsequently asked a reporter to accompany him as he dared to share his story with the police for the first time.

  • Only a few interns dared to ask questions, which Vidra repeatedly dodged.

  • Uber recently threatened to use the personal data of a tech journalist to destroy her because she dared criticize them.

  • I was quoted in The New York Times saying, ‘We dared to be dull’.

  • Those that dared to complain were punished with bad shifts, demoted, or even fired.

  • That woman meant mischief, or she would never have dared to suggest that a British officer should throw in his lot with hers.

  • The unfinished phrases floated, but dared not come to earth; they gathered but remained undelivered.

  • Truly the flag of Britain was trailing in the mire, or these men would not have dared to address him in that fashion.

  • I have dared to relate this to your Majesty because of my zeal as a loyal vassal, and as one who looks at things dispassionately.

  • If he had dared, he would have gone to her at once, to be put out of his misery, one way or the other.