关于dare的意义和用法3 \3 G2 ~! x* a- d9 x5 j0 p
作为情态动词表示“胆敢”,dare通常只用于否定陈述句和疑问句。例如:9 }/ E( u3 \, y& N1 g
I dare not go there./ d# g" E: t4 Q" R
How dare he say such rude things about me?
# D2 v( V% A3 y dare作为情态助动词没有过去式形式,其否定式为daren’t,既可指现在时间,也可指过去时间。例如:8 R* y7 h5 d" {9 D% C
Tom wanted to come, but he daren’t.6 Y8 N, G! e! C" M5 d
dare还可用主动词,随后的不定式可带to,也可不带to。例如:
( W+ Q! @4 ]4 c+ t! p% Z He does not dare (to) answer.; k3 e% M8 W" t. { f0 z0 Q4 A' S
Does she dare (to) go there alone?
' N1 D) x4 v1 g" L1 F' S7 h' @/ a 近义词辨析$ k4 K$ n8 T9 f; S$ q
besides, but, except, except for! S9 w# Z3 c/ h! ^
这组词均含有“除…外”的意思。
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“除…外,还有…”,指更进一步的拥有,包括所“除”事物在内。
, Y/ h0 c1 C6 h/ t; K1 b6 c Have you got any clothes besides these?除了这些衣服你还有别的吗?
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不包括所引事物在内,多与nothing, not anything, nobody, nowhere, all, anybody等连用。
" z X% V8 A6 e. ? He has nobody but himself to blame for that.那件事他没法指责别人,只能怪他自己。
. n4 n) k6 j: B except
" f% _: {+ `' D& d2 ~! Z& x- | 不包括所引事物。常与no, none, nothing等否定词或all,everyone, everything等连用,但不可用于句首。
6 C p2 t ]; d& P0 g8 s They all went to the Summer Palace except one.除一人之外他们都去了颐和园。
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常指除去所引情况让人稍感遗憾之外,整体情况尚属理想,被除去的事物与正在谈及的事物之间不具有共同属性或性质。, h5 G& }5 }. f! u: m* M2 W
The roads were clear except for a few cars.除几辆小汽车外,路面很空旷。( ?" Q% E n) v
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全真模拟试题2 i9 `; q) N5 T- v& { K3 c
1. The bank is reported in the local newsp3 K6 u6 D m3 |/ Q+ X2 K
aper ____ in broad daylight yesterday.- |( U2 M( T+ E( M' Q2 z, G* h
A. to be robbed B. robbed % K6 F# |4 q, [$ e. {1 G
C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed
2 C& F+ r7 _1 E7 X 2. ____ before, his first performance for the amateur
: A/ u* W+ o+ U$ o, O# _# z' \ dramatic group was a success." J; S. @" `1 x- M7 s6 x4 r
A. Though having never acted " t* u: F9 N+ f+ l
B. As he had never acted * j0 |0 `7 g" |1 h$ q' L
C. Despite he had never acted 6 C9 c+ ~1 A$ t7 F9 z0 e3 |
D. In spite of his never having acted+ j# c4 _' s% P3 C3 q1 S
3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s
% ]* ]/ g6 r% f J* V7 \, u population ____ in cities rather than in the country.
1 f$ W3 z, P$ b4 f A. are living B. will be living 7 a) ^4 r7 m. u! a5 E/ y
C. have lived D. will have lived
. @# Q5 N% L" N8 j 4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____ part in such dish" H5 _' @! ?, m, x. v9 f! l: m0 w
onest business deals.6 c! I2 ?/ D& r! U5 Z
A. than take B. than to take
! J* v3 D# H( _' T C. rather than take D. rather than to take; K/ f; U0 U, {
5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.+ v: I7 t( K4 `! p! o
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is
1 h9 |9 K4 E# Z; b 6. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ______ a sudden loud noise.
I9 j; d9 C# ~- _1 z A. being there B. should there be
7 u# ?0 x; C. Y( R C. there was D. there have been
% V( D1 Q# U3 o! m1 Y 7. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ____.3 _ `/ v( ?. [ f: z: U
A. as other people B. as other people’s
% g1 _5 A- f g- B C. like other people D. like other people’s
8 ?/ b, i- L) U1 f& Z# U, y 8. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____
* u0 v+ x6 T* x" H; r5 ? made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.
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A. one B. the one C. that D. what |