动词 dare:
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take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
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to be courageous enough to try or do something, "she dares to dress differently from the others"
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challenge
- Somebody dared me to jump off the bridge into the river.
有人激我敢不敢从桥上跳进河里。
- They hardly dared breathe as somebody walked past the door!
有人在门前走过，他们几乎不敢呼吸了！
- Nobody dared lift their eyes from the ground.
没有人敢把视线从地面上移开。
- He dared me to jump over the river.
他激我跳过河。
- He spoke so decidedly that I dared not question him.
他讲的那么坚决，我不敢质问他。
- The gymnast dared a breathtakingly difficult move.
这位体操选手敢于做惊险的高难度动作
- How dared they do such a thing?
他们怎么竟敢做出这样的事。
- As soon as he dared to leave his hiding-place, he visited his sick wife.
他一旦敢于离开他躲藏的地方，就立即去看他生病的妻子。
