2009년 7월 23일 목요일

care to do

6. VERB : no cont.
If you say that someone does something when they care to do it, you mean that they do it, although they should do it more willingly or more often.
  • The woman tells anyone who cares to listen that she's going through hell.
  • Experts reveal only as much as they care to.
  • = choose
.... Cobuild


3. [v + to inf] to make the effort to do sth
  • I’ve done this job more times than I care to remember.

9. not care to do something [old-fashioned] to not like doing something:
  • I've experienced more reorganizations than I care to remember (=a lot of them).
  • She doesn't care to spend much time with her relatives.
  • I wouldn't care to meet him in a dark alley!

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