1560s, term in logic, from Middle French modal and directly from Medieval Latin modalis "of or pertaining to a mode," from Latin modus "measure, manner, mode" (see mode (n.1)). Musical sense is from 1590s.
雙語例句
1. The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
結(jié)果證實(shí)了他的關(guān)于情態(tài)動詞用法的假設(shè).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.
情態(tài)動詞通常用不帶to的不定式.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Modeless dialogs are less common than their modal siblings.
另一種對話框稱為“非模態(tài)對話框”,它不如同胞姐妹模態(tài)對話框那么常見.
來自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓
4. Property dialog boxes can be either modal or modeless.
屬性對話框可以是模態(tài)的,也可以是非模態(tài)的.
來自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓
5. Visually differentiate modeless dialogs from modal dialogs.