dare

grammar · medium

易错句子He was too shy to play the dare.

正确表达He was too shy to do the dare.

汉语说“玩大冒险”，容易把“玩”直译成 play；但 dare 作“大冒险、挑战”讲时与 do、take 等搭配，不说 play a dare。play 只用于游戏名 play truth or dare，所以这里把 play 改为 do。

grammar · medium

易错句子She accepted his dare of jumping into the river.

正确表达She accepted his dare to jump into the river.

dare 作名词表示“挑战、激将”时，后面用不定式 to do 说明挑战的具体内容，不能用 of doing。of doing 是照搬汉语“……的挑战”结构，此处英语须用 to do。

grammar · medium

易错句子The boys did three dare before lunch.

正确表达The boys did three dares before lunch.

dare 作“大冒险、挑战”讲是可数名词，前面有 three 这类数词时必须用复数形式 dares；汉语名词本身不标复数，学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。