modality

英 [məʊˈdæləti]

美 [moʊˈdæləti]

n.  形式; 样式; 方式; 形态; 情态; 感觉模式; 感觉形式

复数：modalities　

医学

BNC.23080 / COCA.12761

牛津词典

noun

• 形式；样式；方式；形态
  the particular way in which sth exists, is experienced or is done
  1. They are researching a different modality of treatment for the disease.
     他们正在研究这种疾病的另一种疗法。
• 情态
  the idea expressed by modals
• 感觉模式；感觉形式
  the kind of senses that the body uses to experience things
  1. the visual and auditory modalities
     视觉和听觉

英英释义

noun

• a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
• a particular sense
  Synonym:sense modalitysensory system
• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
  Synonym:moodmode
• a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
  Synonym:mode

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