modal
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT In grammar, a modal or a modal auxiliary is a word such as "can" or "would" which is used with a main verb to express ideas such as possibility, intention, or necessity. 情態(tài)動詞[技術(shù)]
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modal /?m??d?l/ (modals)
劍橋詞典
- a verb , such as "can", "might", and "must", that is used with another verb to express an idea such as possibility that is not expressed by the main verb of a sentence
- We did some exercises on modal verbs .
- Modal verbs can be quite tricky . 返回 modal
情態(tài)動詞
The first verb in the following sentence is a modal: We ought to pay the gas bill . 下麪句子中的第一個動詞是情態(tài)動詞：We ought to pay the gas bill.
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