敢，胆敢(be brave or bold enough to)：(I/we/you/he/she/they)～(d) not tell the truth(我/我们/你(们)/他/她/他们)(过去)不敢说实话;D～you ask him again? 你敢再问他吗? D～n't she tell her parents about it? 难道她不敢告诉父母这件事? How～he behave like that? 他怎么敢那样干? Nobody～d say a word.谁也不敢说一句话。I don't know if he～try. 我不知道他是否敢于试一试。If you～speak to me like that again， you will be sorry. 如果你再敢那样跟我说话，你要后悔的。

I dare say可能，或许：I～say your sympathy's with him. 也许你是同情他。It's worth a few pounds， I～say， but no more. 这可能值几英镑，但绝不会更多。

【用法】dare用作情态动词时，多用于否定和疑问句、以及带有否定词hardly、never、nobody等的句子和if、whether引导的间接问句等;dare后接无to不定式，其过去式dared少见，durst是古旧形式，仅见于口语中;无过去分词、现在分词和不定式形式;一般现在时单数第三人称亦无变化。dare say只用于现在时第一人称，两字分开写;如果重音落在say上，也可写为一个词：I dare say you're right.(也许你是对的。)