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seem 的英文用法 是连缀动词,后面通常接形容词。连缀动词就是「非持续性动词」,通常拿来表达一种「状态」,可以是心理上的状态、感官知觉、情感或是同等关系。seem 的用法很多,而且容易跟 appear 搞混,本篇文章完整教学 seem 的用法,赶快学起来吧!
下面列出 seem 的英文用法、英文例句,跟中文意思,赶快学起来吧。
内容目录
单用 seem 的时候,其用法表达为「似乎、看起来」。
例:He seems happy. 他似乎是快乐的。
例:She’s 18, but she often seems (to be) younger. 她18岁了,但看起来往往要小一点。
例:The plan seemed quite simple. 这计画似乎看起来相当简单。
这里说明一下:He is happy. 跟 He seems happy. 的差异。前者表达的是,他是快乐的;而后者只是表达,他似乎是快乐的,至于是不是真的,则不得而知。
Seem 的另外一个用法,就是后面不接形容词,而是接to,其后再接原形动词。这个用法是用在当你要说明「主词所做的事情看起来…」,而非说明主词本身的时候。
例:He seems to be taking a long time to decide. 他好像需要很长的时间才能作出决定。
例: He doesn’t seem to like the plan. 他似乎不太喜欢这个计画。
例:She seems to be good at her job. 她看起来在工作上蛮得心应手的。
It seems like 是很常见的用法,表达的是「它似乎是….」,后面接上子句,表达似乎可能会发生的那件事。
例: It seems like you’re catching a cold, Jenny. 珍妮,你好像在感冒。
例: It seems like you don’t like him. 似乎你不喜欢他。
例: It seems like Jenny is not ing to the party. 珍妮似乎不来派对了。
It seems that 跟 It seems like 意思相近,都是表达「似乎….,好像是….」的意思。It seems that 后面的那个 that 通常可以省略。
例: It seems that the disease is now under control. 看来该病已得到控制。
例: It seems (that) she can’t e. 她好像来不了了。
例: It seems to me (that) he isn’t the right person for the job. 在我看来,他不是这项工作的合适人选。
另外一个与seem用法相似,但却不同的是seemingly。seemingly 的词性是副词,表达「看起来…(但其实不是这样)」的语意。
以下三个例句清楚表达了 be 动词 / seem / seemingly 的差别。
例:He is nice. 他人很好。
例:He seems nice. 他看起来人很好。
例:He is seemingly nice. 他只是看起来人很好。
上句表达「他『确实』人很好」,而中句表达「他『看起来』人很好,但实际上怎么样不得而知」,而下句则是指「他『外表上』看起来人很好,但其实人很差」。
Seem 跟 appear 用法很像,有时候意思甚至一样,但这两者还是有细微的差别的。appear 跟 seem 一样,后面可以加 to 跟 that。
1.It appears that
appear 后面也很常接 that,that 的后面则可以接子句。
例: It appears that he left the party. 他好像离开了舞会。
例: It appears to me that we need to do something. 在我看来,我们必须做些什么。
2.appears + to + 动词
appear 后面也可以接to+动词,用法跟 seem to 差不多。
例: She appears to have many friends. 她似乎有很多朋友。
例: He appears to want to leave. 他似乎想离开。
那么 Seem 跟 appear 差在哪呢?差别在于, Seem 通常可以表达客观的事实,但也可以用来表达自己的臆测或想法;而 appear 通常比较表达客观的事实。
例: His car appears/seems to have broken down. 他的车似乎坏了。
上面这句例句,用 appears 跟 seems 意思是一样的,因为表达的是客观的事实。
例: 正确:It seemed a good choice at the time. 错误:It appeared a good choice at the time. (它似乎是个好选择)
上面这句只能用 seem,因为是臆测跟想法,appear 则通常比达主观事实,所以不适用。