◙ adjective 1. of or relating to mode or form as opposed to substance • 形式的，方式的，样式的，形态的 2. [Grammar] of or denoting the mood of a verb • [语法] 语气的 relating to a modal verb • 情态动词的 3. [Statistics] of or relating to a mode; occurring most frequently in a sample or population • [统计] 众数的 4. [Music] of or denoting music using melodies or harmonies based on modes other than the ordinary major and minor scales • [乐] 调式的 5. [Logic] (of a proposition) in which the predicate is affirmed of the subject with some qualification, or which involves the affirmation of possibility, impossibility, necessity, or contingency • [逻] （命题）模态的 ◙ noun 1. [Grammar] a modal word or construction • [语法] 情态动词；情态结构
【派生】
♦ modally adverb
【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 5): from medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus (seemode)