关于dare的意义和用法
/ H- L9 T% V+ t/ q+ W 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:
' {1 l6 L/ b3 g$ g" @ I dare not go there.
. {' ? r+ r+ U4 ?; ` How dare he say such rude things about me?' ~5 f3 X5 d3 P- M+ u
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:
( f- g9 n) M# ] o. ^1 e Tom wanted to come, but he daren’t.3 |& [- Q/ N- w& U4 B8 c
dare还可用主动词,随后的不定式可带to,也可不带to。例如:; ~! C3 ?; S; H5 o" k5 U+ r
He does not dare (to) answer.7 m# _! b8 t4 S; t" @ N
Does she dare (to) go there alone?: u. R2 l, d* k' \8 i
近义词辨析
; g% t4 M3 v) H4 \5 a% B9 W$ N besides, but, except, except for! x- ]% p. w" x/ c( |+ y
这组词均含有“除…外”的意思。+ d0 G; N3 m2 O: e e2 x
besides
0 n$ ^- P [9 e9 t' G3 N' u: w “除…外,还有…”,指更进一步的拥有,包括所“除”事物在内。
3 ^1 m- H5 _/ @( r; D Have you got any clothes besides these?除了这些衣服你还有别的吗?* m- c- X6 t; K+ B
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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。' H2 a# a# w9 F H8 ~; B( I7 B0 `
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。
7 G, p- Z6 K$ L: W1 E except
. [* Y: g# @) H* W K; V, ~7 i1 i! R 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。
' S6 ~! `0 w5 s6 I) l& B They all went to the Summer Palace except one.除一人之外他们都去了颐和园。/ O1 I, q# @9 X
except for
, \& i, u; c5 o$ h, j1 R; ]% d 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。4 F6 o1 y. v; T: i
The roads were clear except for a few cars.除几辆小汽车外,路面很空旷。
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+ t( f- q5 G( `( ? 全真模拟试题, @9 N3 @3 R$ G7 L9 a
1. The bank is reported in the local newsp
4 @2 G3 P6 z" k8 r2 D3 g aper ____ in broad daylight yesterday.
! S& r# B* G) v% n/ j A. to be robbed B. robbed 0 l, o# W, }' }5 Y5 t
C. to have been robbed D. having been robbed
" o% Y% Z8 C6 U1 M2 y( j 2. ____ before, his first performance for the amateur
* k: F# Y x. n* z! B dramatic group was a success.
+ W7 A3 }1 o3 D4 @( x9 P A. Though having never acted
" M4 H, Y4 E( S" B, p2 o% o B. As he had never acted 4 N3 f* j+ p% v) S! W+ }1 n. ^" N
C. Despite he had never acted
6 ?, ]8 ]& t9 O1 d$ F; V D. In spite of his never having acted9 P. u9 G# i- j- k$ n, [; y
3. By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s
& k+ S5 G5 _+ O population ____ in cities rather than in the country.9 r: l% j( x* s( r8 s- i+ @3 i4 w
A. are living B. will be living 4 c- w7 Y2 j" b$ K5 E- s/ \8 v H
C. have lived D. will have lived
k+ w9 [* U9 c9 _0 K# T$ S. M 4. Mr. Milton prefers to resign ____ part in such dish( d3 C! |) V% |
onest business deals.
# S, ]$ L3 |# g( O9 O$ V% W- w6 W' n8 l A. than take B. than to take ! G D$ u: A z8 l9 e' [" U* @
C. rather than take D. rather than to take
$ `" @- v1 N( m" G+ B6 Y; Y t$ ^ 5. No one would have time to read or listen to an account of everything ____ going on in the world., s) X* s* q* O) i# @; f/ Y
A. it is B. as is C. there is D. what is1 Q# b7 H7 U1 W5 @* s! a
6. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ______ a sudden loud noise.8 x9 u d/ Z. B# S
A. being there B. should there be
( \: @3 ]9 L& Y4 V: X# [3 t C. there was D. there have been
3 f4 u* A" y% ?. V& w 7. Bit by bit , a child makes the necessary changes to make his language ____.
4 t1 |; b7 U9 U F* S A. as other people B. as other people’s
! s* T+ Y1 _, J3 ], S3 T! W C. like other people D. like other people’s: y2 R9 |. M* S2 ~) q5 J
8. Clothing made of plastic fibres has certain advantages over ____
$ x. j" h! _- Q1 i! T: [ made of natural fibres like cotton, wool, or silk.. w% l; y5 |/ h: Q5 _- V
, A# W/ E. l4 f$ N A. one B. the one C. that D. what |