关于dare的意义和用法
- G! h8 D, v2 l2 C 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:
+ z2 b" [5 V6 A+ ?# l I dare not go there.# r1 k/ |3 E6 u9 t2 t
How dare he say such rude things about me?
5 Z& `+ u% L. Z3 |0 r9 V$ x 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 a, z( |0 x% o- Q) d. q2 v1 a! }) s Tom wanted to come, but he daren’t.! Y/ ~, C3 P- }
dare还可用主动词,随后的不定式可带to,也可不带to。例如:' K% k' E1 b! [: \1 x9 X
He does not dare (to) answer.8 R8 V; Y x+ K$ a; ~# M
Does she dare (to) go there alone?9 b0 ^" e4 t! c; Z3 |
近义词辨析
: c! s" b1 D1 P' ]) Y besides, but, except, except for
- w6 C' ]9 P! j8 {& O+ P2 z 这组词均含有“除…外”的意思。) B5 R, W# T7 f4 k8 J( t |$ q
besides4 f5 y/ Y2 C# |- {6 \3 y
“除…外,还有…”,指更进一步的拥有,包括所“除”事物在内。/ u" s, E/ e' d. R7 \ x6 W
Have you got any clothes besides these?除了这些衣服你还有别的吗?1 B9 o' v9 A/ o
but
+ `7 N7 b% E' ?$ ]% s 不包括所引事物在内,多与nothing, not anything, nobody, nowhere, all, anybody等连用。6 m& \5 K' e+ B; i( J
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。
' {! U, ]2 {' P( g1 @9 G except
. e5 R, D1 V l5 I7 j 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。) O+ a" Z2 }. m& c
They all went to the Summer Palace except one.除一人之外他们都去了颐和园。! ^1 F4 Z0 y( ?* J" g8 u& _
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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。) s1 n+ x' N; E; o0 c* C. B& A
The roads were clear except for a few cars.除几辆小汽车外,路面很空旷。# v6 O' G' a6 G8 _! R0 q( k
3 S2 C8 |" _5 K+ m0 T, i 全真模拟试题
: J1 O5 B' h" F k/ N& g4 V 1. The bank is reported in the local newsp
: M4 D+ w& a9 y; P* W aper ____ in broad daylight yesterday.( T) ^$ h, \' X6 G6 X1 r7 U
A. to be robbed B. robbed
$ i' f' G) S4 h8 I- I5 z C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed
, U" J1 H- s2 _3 m5 i9 ~ 2. ____ before, his first performance for the amateur
( v4 N" i! X+ }; u) E dramatic group was a success.
! `0 d; I# D6 d" ?: J A. Though having never acted
3 \2 P( E! F0 K8 N# { B. As he had never acted 0 D# @( D0 P, b4 z ?7 m
C. Despite he had never acted ) W, \) |: c# J8 y8 T( B
D. In spite of his never having acted
9 P4 D2 g* W4 C- Z! g* K. T9 F/ e. |3 b 3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s
& X% V2 }& }; S( `1 L6 I population ____ in cities rather than in the country.
' t5 Z7 `: ~2 N- ~. n- y% M A. are living B. will be living 2 h& z4 N& j* U% r1 w) L
C. have lived D. will have lived+ \/ \8 |" C4 t3 R
4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____ part in such dish
0 j/ c1 z% Z- l* o- R3 I onest business deals.
6 F; R' |: T- J A. than take B. than to take
* C4 i8 v4 d3 W8 P. b+ N C. rather than take D. rather than to take
6 A1 u3 y) `, Z& M0 w, o0 I 5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world.1 _8 r( C8 K+ J
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is
P" X3 [* d% a0 ^* f# w 6. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ______ a sudden loud noise.0 m, Z1 D4 R, g$ L4 N, b) n2 F
A. being there B. should there be
5 a! {6 H: B" U3 D! L9 o' _ C. there was D. there have been
4 q% h, O# B% K# p- H 7. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ____.# \! r0 V6 f9 {* i/ B
A. as other people B. as other people’s
. J+ g! A! x1 l# h, l C. like other people D. like other people’s
$ e- {. m3 I. V3 b 8. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____
5 v+ s% Q( `5 R3 t g! F$ ~$ H* A made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.
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$ M1 U1 t$ L: X A. one B. the one C. that D. what |