【问】 托福考题：Although Oriental ideas of woman’s subordination to man prevailed in thosedays，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.

1. She dared not answer.

她没有敢回答。

2. I dared not quarrel with them.

dared not go 298

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。