核心问题
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?
词典解答
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)