中學英語詞彙是英語的常用詞。
熟練掌握中學詞彙,就能流利說英語。
今天我們來認真學習seem的用法;
請熟讀例句到會說:
seem
好像,似乎,看來;感到好像,覺得似乎;看來好像
用來表示「推斷,表示不確定,或者緩和語氣,客氣」
01常見用法:
1. seem後常常跟(to be)形容詞,名詞等:
You seem very silent today; what's the matter?
你今天看起來很沉默,怎麼了?
She did not seem at all afraid.
她似乎一點也不害怕。
The children always seem to be hungry.
孩子們似乎總是餓。
Life seemed on a sudden empty and meaningless.
生活突然變得空虛而毫無意義。
The trip seemed rather boring for a young boy.
對一個小男孩來說,這次旅行似乎很無聊。
He did not seem at all interested in the subject.
他似乎對這個問題一點也不感興趣。
There seem to be fewer tourists around this year.
今年的遊客似乎少了。
You don't seem quite yourself today.
你今天看起來不太自在。
2. seem後也常常跟動詞不定式to do:
I can't seem to get warm.
我好像暖和不起來。
Women seem to find him attractive.
女人們似乎覺得他很有魅力。
注意:這種結構裡,否定句是don’t seem不是seem not to do。
Politics does not seem to interest him at all.
他對政治似乎一點也不感興趣。
He didn't seem to mind public opinion in the least.
他似乎一點也不介意輿論。
The noise doesn't seem to worry them.
噪音似乎不讓他們擔心。
3. seem to have done用來表達發生在過去的事。
The tickets seem to have got lost.
票好像丟了。
She seems to have accumulated a lot of books.
她好像已經買了很多書。
The teacher didn't seem to have done much preparation for the class.
老師似乎沒有為上課做太多準備。
4. seem to be doing表達正在發生的的事。
The brakes don't seem to be working properly.
剎車好像失靈了。
We seem to be straying from the main theme of the debate.
我們似乎偏離了辯論的主題。
02常見搭配:
1. seem like
Parts of California seem like paradise to me.
在我看來,加利福尼亞的部分地區像是天堂。
Moving house seemed like the sensible thing to do.
搬家似乎是明智之舉。
It seemed like an exciting adventure to me.
對我來說這似乎是一次激動人心的冒險。
2. It seems that ……
It seems that the disease is now under control.
看來這種疾病現在已得到控制。
It seems that we have missed our chance.
看來我們錯過了機會。
It seems that we are not welcome here.
看來我們在這裡不受歡迎。
It seems to me that you are letting things get you down.
在我看來,你是在自暴自棄。
3. seem likely
It seems likely that he will win the match.
他似乎有可能贏得這場比賽。
It seems likely that there will be less workers needed.
似乎將來需要的工人會更少。
Men seems more likely to die from coronavirus than women.
男性似乎比女性更容易死於冠狀病毒。
4. It seems as if
It seems as if you are the first one here.
好像你是第一個到這的。
It seems as if it is going to rain.
好像要下雨了。
It seems as if nothing happened.
好像什麼都沒發生。
It seemed as if there was no way out.
好像沒有辦法了。
It seems as if the end of the world had come.
好像世界末日來了。
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