【句子】-- I'm taking my baby and I'm getting on a plane to Pittsburgh. 

-- You wouldn't dare!  【Desperate Housewives S2E10】

【发音】/aɪm/ /ˈteɪ.kɪŋ/ /maɪ/ /ˈbeɪ.bi/ /ənd/ /aɪm/ /ˈɡet.ɪŋ/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /ə/ /pleɪn/ /tə/ /ˈpɪts.bɜː(r)ɡ/ /juː/ /ˈwʊd.ənt/ /deə(r)/

【发音技巧】and I'm连读；getting on闪音+连读；on a连读；wouldn't dare失去爆破；

【翻译】——我要带着宝宝，坐飞机去匹兹堡。

——你根本不敢！

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这样的一个英文表达，叫做wouldn't dare。

这个表达在口语中比较常见，其实是wouldn't dare to do sth. 的简略版本。

有些时候，你也会看到wouldn't dare do sth. 的表达，它也是对的。

这样的表达是什么意思呢？to be too frightened to do sth.；“太过害怕而不敢做某事”；

前面的主语可以是you，也可以是其他人称代词。

如果是you wouldn't dare通常我们会理解成“你不敢的；谅你也不敢；你没那个勇气/胆量”；

eg: Don't you touch that! You wouldn't dare!

别碰那个东西！你根本不敢！

eg: She threatened to tell everyone, but she wouldn't dare.

她威胁说要告诉所有人，但是她根本不敢。

eg: You can't fire me - you wouldn't dare!

你不敢开除我，你没那个胆量！

eg: Would Larry argue with the boss? He wouldn't dare.

拉里会跟老板顶嘴吗？他哪里敢啊。

eg: I wouldn't dare have a party in my flat in case the neighbors complained.

我不敢在公寓里办派对，生怕邻居们会投诉。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

A: "I'll give you till the end of the week to move out. After that, we're going to start throwing your stuff on the curb."

B: "You wouldn't dare! You touch anything I own, and I'll sue the pants off you!"