音标：['mәudl]
a. 形式的, 样式的, 形态上的, 模态的
【计】 模态的
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modal的短语、例句：

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）.