The Modal Verb的意思|示意

According to the semantic characteristics, verbs can be classified into action verb, state verb, relation verb and modal verb.

按语义特征将其分为动作动词、状态动词、关系动词和能愿动词四类。

Let's look at a simple example: the modal verb "can". When we use the positive form of "can" we quickly glide over the can and it is hardly pronounced.

举个简单的例子，我们用肯定式的“ can ”的时候，会很简单的滑过这个词，“ can ”几乎不发音。

The semantics and the use of the English modal verb in the present tense are very complicated.

英语情态动词现在时态的语义和用法十分复杂。

Sufficient research on the case study on modal verbs will help discovery the inner principle of the usage of this verb category.

对情态动词进行充分的个案研究，有助于该类词的内在规律的揭示。

However, modal verb remains to be a problematic area in English grammar due to the discrepancies lying in the description of its meanings and even its grammatical categories.

然而， 情态动词一直是英语语法中的一个难点，各语法流派在对其意义和语法范畴的描述中存在分歧。

Might is a modal verb and its place on the level of possibility scale is somewhere in the middle between definite and impossible.

“可能”是一个情态动词，其可能性大小处于确定和不可能之间。