问
托福考题: Although Oriental ideas of woman's subordination to man prevailed in those days, she ____ meet with men on an equal basis. A. did not dared B. dared not to C. dared not D. did dare not to 请问应选哪个答案?
答
只能选 C(dared not)，其他答案都不符合语法。作为情态动词的 dare 如同其他情态动词 can，may，will，shall 一样也有过去时形式，即：dared。
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She dared not answer. 她没有敢回答。
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I dared not quarrel with them. 我没有敢和他们争吵。dared not 也可以改为 didn't dare:
I didn't dare quarrel with them. (CGEL) 我没有敢和他们争吵。
I wonder how he ____ that to the teacher. A. dare to say B. dare saying C. not dare say D. dared say(上海高考,95-27)