Modal
[ ['məudl] ]
其它 Other
a. 形式的, 样式的, 形态上的, 模态的\\n[计] 模态的
📖 牛津释义
modal
n
(also modal verb, modal au`xiliary, modal au`xiliary verb) (grammar) verb that is used with another verb (not a modal) to express possibility, permission, obligation, etc 情态动词
`Can', `may', `might', `must' and `should' are all modals. can may might must should都是情态动词. modal, adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
1 (grammar) of a modal 情态动词的.
2 relating to mode or manner, in contrast to substance 形式的, 形态的, 方式的（与实质相对）.
🗣️ 情景例句
Those are the rules and regulations, and we have to abide by them.
这些就是这儿的规矩， 大家都应该遵守。
I was 10 minutes late.
我迟到了五分钟。
It landed in the middle of the road.
落在了马路中间。