| 单词 | dare say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdare say 6. dare say. [ < sense 1] extracted from darev.1 a. To be as bold as to say (because one is prepared to affirm it); to venture to assert or affirm. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > dare to do [verb] > dare to say dare saya1375 venture1638 adventure1802 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1452 I dar seie & soþliche do proue, sche schal weld at wille more gold þan ȝe siluer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4509 Bot i dar sai, and god it wat, ‘Qua leli luues for-gettes lat’. c1460 Play Sacram. 316 Neyther mor or lesse Of dokettis good I dar well saye. a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) vi. 7 My sute is heard..I dare well saye. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 274 No towne, noe Citie, is there (I dare say) in this whole Shyre, comparable..with this our Fleete. 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists xxvii. 70 Who deuised your Office of Ministery? I dare say, not Christ. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 120 This I dare say is the best and neatest Explication..and..I believe it the truest. b. transferred. To venture to say (because one thinks it likely); to assume as probable, presume. Almost exclusively in the parenthetic ‘I dare say’; rarely in oblique narration, ‘he dared say’. (In this use now sometimes written as one word, with stress on the first syllable.)Some dialects make the past daresaid, darsayed, dessayed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > as I suppose [phrase] methinkseOE I weenc1175 afraid1530 I fancy1672 dare say1749 the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > assume, presuppose [verb (transitive)] supposec1350 presumec1390 take1429 presupposec1443 takec1449 presupponec1475 supponea1513 subsume1562 foreprise1577 to take for granted1615 to give for granted1637 assume1660 foretake1674 premisea1706 predicate1718 dare say1749 pre-assume1789 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xii. 94 You give your Friend a very good Character..and a very deserved one, I dare say . View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 147 La Fleur..told me he had a letter in his pocket..which, he durst say, would suit the occasion. 1807 A. M. Porter Hungarian Brothers I. v. 128 ‘Other women have admired you as much..I dare say’..‘O! if it's only a “dare say”,’ cried Demetrius, shrugging up his shoulders. 1853 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 221 I daresay you have thought me very neglectful. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 872 I daresay the rule was drafted without reference to the practice at common law. < as lemmas |
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