【一天精通一單字】Dare
Dare(大膽)是口語裡非常靈活的詞,語法靈活、用法靈活,相當難以掌握,今天請喜劇大師萊斯里尼爾森來詮釋這個字~
封面故事:
How dare you dare me when I “how dare you?”
(當我說你好大膽子,你好大膽子敢威脅我)
根據真實電影絕命追殺令(The Fugitive 1993)改編的搞笑電影決命錯殺令(Wrongfully Accused 1998),一段男主角Harrison(萊斯里尼爾森模仿哈里遜福特)和獄警的互槓,是Dare的經典教材
電影原文:
哈里遜: I'm not going to take it any longer. I'm going to fight back. I am going to prove that I am not guilty.
(我不要再忍了,我要反擊,我要證明我無罪)
警衛: Shut up!
(給我閉嘴)
哈里遜: No! I've been wrongfully accused.
(我不閉嘴!我是無辜的)
* Guard hits Harrison with a baton
(警衛用警棍打哈里遜的頭)
哈里遜: How dare you, sir?
(長官,你好大膽子!)
警衛: How dare you?
(你好大膽子!)
哈里遜: No, how dare you?
(不,你才好大膽子)
警衛: No, no, how dare you?
(不不,你才好大膽子)
哈里遜: How dare you "no, no" my "how dare you?
(你好大膽子說不不我說你好大膽子)
警衛: You dare to dare me?
(你好大膽子敢威脅我!)
哈里遜: How dare you "how dare me", when I "how dare you?", you big pee-pee head!
(當我說你好大膽子,你好大膽子敢說我好大膽子,你這個肥雞雞頭!)
【動詞的Dare】
動詞Dare(膽敢)用法相當靈活,可接受詞,也可不接,可搭配to加動詞,也可以直接接原形動詞,甚至可以當作助動詞do來用,參考下面鐵達尼號Rose和Jack對話(改編):
R: Dare you love me?
(你敢愛我嗎?)
J: I wouldn’t dare.
(我可不敢)
R: I hardly dared hope I will be loved.
(我可不敢有任何期待會有人愛我)
J: Only idiot would dare to love you.
(只有白痴才敢愛妳)
R: I daren’t think so.
(我可不敢這麼想)
常用詞:Dare something
勇於做某件事、帶種做某件事
Will you dare my challenge?
(你敢接受我的挑戰嗎?)
She dares any difficult tasks.
(她勇於接受任何困難任務)
常用詞:Dare someone
有兩種意思,都是慫恿人,一假一真,但通常都不是什麼好事
∂ 語帶威脅慫恿人,反話,若當真麻煩就大了
Say that again. I dare you. I double dare you!
(再給我說一遍,說啊,我要你說啊)
Go on. I dare you to eat my cake.
(吃啊,我要你吃我的蛋糕啊)
∂ 用「激將法」慫恿人,通常是要人做丟臉或危險的事
They dared Jim to ask the new girl out.
(他們慫恿Jim去約那位新來的女孩子)
They dared Jim to drink a whole bottle of whiskey.
(他們激Jim喝掉一整瓶威士忌)
Give me ten more. I dare you!
(再給我走十步,你敢不敢!-永不放棄)
常用詞:How dare you…
你好大的膽子…
How dare you talk back to me!
(你好大膽子敢跟我頂嘴!)
How dare you say Twilight is better than us!
(你好大膽子居然敢說暮光之城比我們好!)
常用詞:Don’t you dare…
警告你千萬不要…
Don’t you dare look down on me!
(千萬不要小看我!)
Don’t you dare close your eyes!
(千萬不要閉上眼睛)
※ I dare say 和 Dare I say 區別
I Dare Say…我敢這麼講,可以用I daresay…
I daresay I was the worst bed partner in five continents.
(我敢說我是全世界五大洲最糟的性伴侶)
* 語自Martha Gellhorn,美國小說家、海明威第三任妻子、美國二十世紀最偉大戰地記者
Dare I Say,恕我斗膽
You were, dare I say, the worst bed partner in five continents.
(妳是,恕我斗膽,全世界五大洲最差的性伴侶)
【名詞的Dare】
名詞Dare,證明自己有膽量的挑戰
遊戲專用詞:Truth or Dare,真心話大冒險
真心話:失敗者必須要如實的回答勝利者提出的任何問題
大冒險:失敗者必須原則上要做勝利者所提出的任何事情
【動名詞的Daring】
Daring可當形容詞「充滿危險的」、「天不怕地不怕的」、「驚人的」,也可以當名詞「勇敢」或「魯莽」
It was a daring rescue attempt.
(這是一項危險的救援任務)
Hsu Chi got a daring look.
(舒淇有張天不怕地不怕的臉)
It is a daring building.
(這棟建築真是令人敬畏)
The flower girl’s daring move goes viral.
(女花童的大膽行徑在網路上爆紅)
Your daring may have cost your life.
(當時你的魯莽可能會要了你的小命)
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