dare

1. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy;

"he could never refuse a dare"

来自PIE*dhers, 勇敢的，有勇气的，词源同endure, firm.

dare

dare: [OE] Dare used to be a widespread Germanic verb, with relatives in Old High German (giturran) and Gothic (gadaursan), but today it survives only in English (the similarlooking Danish turde and Swedish töras are probably not related). It comes via Germanic *ders- from an Indo-European *dhers-, which also produced Greek thrasús ‘bold’ and Old Slavic druzate ‘be bold’.

In Old English it was a conjugationally complex verb, with anomalous present and past forms, but most of its oddities have now been ironed out: the past form durst is now on its last legs, and only the 3rd present singular form remains unusual, especially in negative contexts and questions: she daren’t rather than she dares not.

dare (v.)

from first and third person singular of Old English durran "to brave danger, dare; venture, presume," from Proto-Germanic *ders- (cognates: Old Norse dearr, Old High German giturran, Gothic gadaursan), from PIE *dhers- "to dare, be courageous" (cognates: Sanskrit dadharsha "to be bold;" Old Persian darš- "to dare;" Greek thrasys "bold;" Old Church Slavonic druzate "to be bold, dare;" Lithuanian dristi "to dare," drasus "courageous").

An Old English irregular preterite-present verb: darr, dearst, dear were first, second and third person singular present indicative; mostly regularized 16c., though past tense dorste survived as durst, but is now dying, persisting mainly in northern English dialect. Meaning "to challenge or defy (someone)" is first recorded 1570s.

dare (n.)

1590s, from dare (v.).

venture, chance, dare, hazard, risk

这些动词均含有"敢于冒险"之意。

venture： 指冒风险试一试，或指有礼貌的反抗或反对。

chance： 指碰运气、冒风险试试。

dare： 可与venture换用，但语气较强，着重挑战或违抗。

hazard： 主要指冒险作出某个选择，隐含碰运气意味。

risk： 指不顾个人安危去干某事，侧重主动承担风险。

They dare to take up challenges.

出自-2010年6月阅读原文

As America's first environmentalist, John Muir lived his life forever daring to undertake new adventures

出自-2013年6月听力原文

They themselves would like to do it but don't dare to.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

It's a simple term that encapsulates the fact that relationships at work can reasonably be non-intimate, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

It took a few youthful and daring businessmen to get the ball rolling.

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity how it inspires them to explore their world.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Those who dare to try often get themselves trapped.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

"Dare to be different, please don't smoke!" pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in.

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase "sapere aude" or "dare to know", after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

1. People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.

人们总认为我是个傻瓜，想必他们是对的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't speak to me like that. Don't you dare.

不要那样跟我讲话。我不允许！

来自柯林斯例句

3. When found, the children said they'd run away for a dare.

找到这些孩子时，他们说自己是受了激将才出走的。

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4. I dare you to sit through forty-five minutes with someone like Vincent!

我想你绝不敢和文森特这样的人一起坐上45分钟！

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5. I dare say he did as he was bidden.

我敢说他按照要求做了。

来自柯林斯例句