seem的用法詳解

seem可用作連繫動詞或不及物動詞，意爲“似乎;好像”，其常見用法現歸納如下：

　　一、“主語+ seem +(to be )+表語”，表語多爲名詞或形容詞，有時是其他的詞或短語，以說明主語的特徵或狀態。例如：

This small town seems changed a little. 這個小城鎮似乎有點兒變化。

Mr Black seemed to be quite happy. 布萊克先生好像十分快樂。

Tom seems (to be ) a very clever boy. 湯姆看上去是一個非常聰明的男孩。

The man over there seems to be a new teacher. 那邊的那個人看上去像一個新老師。

　　二、“主語+ seem + 不定式”，此句型中的seem與不定式一起構成複合謂語。例如：

The young man seemed to have changed much. 這個年輕人看起來變化很大。

Mrs Green doesn’t seem (或seems not ) to like the idea. 格林夫人似乎不太喜歡這個主意。

The children seemed to be eating something in the room. 孩子們好像正在房間裏吃東西呢。

　　三、“It seems + that從句”，其中it 是形式主語，that引導主語從句。例如：

It seems to me that Mr Brown will not come again. 在我看來布朗先生不會再來了。

It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park. 似乎沒有人知道在公園裏發生了什麼事。

　　四、“There + seem to be +名詞”，其中to be 可省略。seem 的單複數形式要根據後面作主語的名詞的單複數形式而定。例如：

There doesn’t seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看來我們戰勝那個隊沒有多大希望。

There seems no need to wait longer. 看來沒有再等的必要了。