seem用作連系動(dòng)詞或不及物動(dòng)詞,意為“似乎、好像、看來(lái)”。

“主語(yǔ)+seem+(to be)+表語(yǔ) ”

此時(shí)seem為連系動(dòng)詞,后直接接形容詞或to be+形容詞或名詞(短語(yǔ))作表語(yǔ),以說(shuō)明主語(yǔ)的特征或狀態(tài)。如:

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

Everything seems easy.一切似乎很容易。

注意:afraid,asleep,awake等表語(yǔ)形容詞不能直接跟在seem 之后,必須和seem to be 連用,如:They seem awake.(誤)應(yīng)改為:They seem to be awake.

“主語(yǔ)+seem +不定式(或不定式的完成式)”

此句型中的seem 用作不及物動(dòng)詞,不用在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)中,其與不定式一起構(gòu)成復(fù)合謂語(yǔ)(不定式作賓語(yǔ))。如:

a. The moon seems to change its shape. 月亮好像在變換形狀。

b. I seem not to be able to make him happy. 我似乎不能使他高興起來(lái)。

c. They seemed to be eating something. 他們好像在吃什么東西。

d. I seem to have caught a cold. 我似乎已經(jīng)感冒了。

注意:seem 后跟不定式(短語(yǔ))時(shí),要注意不定式所表示動(dòng)作發(fā)生的時(shí)間,以此來(lái)確定不定式的時(shí)態(tài),如例c、d;seem 后不定式的否定式習(xí)慣上在seem 前加don’t ,也可以用seem not to...,如例b也可以說(shuō)成:I don’t seem to be able to make him happy.

“seem +分詞”

a. Our teacher seemed stopped by the question. 我們老師似乎被問(wèn)題難住了。

b. The news seems exciting. 消息似乎令人興奮。

注意:seem后用現(xiàn)在分詞還是過(guò)去分詞,取決于分詞本身的邏輯主語(yǔ),如句子的主語(yǔ)是分詞的邏輯主語(yǔ),用現(xiàn)在分詞,如例b;反之用過(guò)去分詞,如例a。

“seem+like+n/v-ing”

like在這里是介詞,此句式等于seem to be結(jié)構(gòu)。如:

It seems like years since I saw you last time.自從上次見(jiàn)到你,好像過(guò)了幾年。

The girl seems like /to be a happy bird.那女孩好似一只快樂(lè)的小鳥(niǎo)。

“seem+ 介詞短語(yǔ)”

They seem in high spirits .他們似乎境界很高。

seem 常用于it作形式主語(yǔ)的“It seems /seemed that...”結(jié)構(gòu)中

該結(jié)構(gòu)中it作形式主語(yǔ),“that...”是真正的主語(yǔ)。此結(jié)構(gòu)可以用seem后接不定式來(lái)改寫(xiě)。如:

It seems that you were lying. 好像你在說(shuō)謊。

It seemed that he was ill, so I called in the doctor.

=He seemed (to be) ill, so I called in the doctor. 看來(lái)他病了,所以我請(qǐng)了醫(yī)生。

注意:It seems that... 從句中,that從句可以用陳述語(yǔ)氣,也可以用虛擬語(yǔ)氣;或者在seem后可以跟一個(gè)形容詞。如:

It seems impossible that he will be here tomorrow.他明天在這里好像不可能。

seem通常用在“It seems/seemed to sb (that)…”結(jié)構(gòu)中,這種結(jié)構(gòu)用來(lái)表示“行為”的主體。如:

It seems to us a good chance. 對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)似乎是一個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì)。

It seems to me everything is all right.對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)似乎一切都不錯(cuò)。

seem也常用于“ There seem(s) to be+名詞”結(jié)構(gòu)中,to be可省略, seem的單復(fù)數(shù)形式要根據(jù)后面主語(yǔ)的名詞單復(fù)數(shù)形式而定。如:

a. There seems to be no need to wait longer.似乎沒(méi)有必要再等待了。

b. There doesn’t seem to be too much hope of our team beating theirs.看來(lái)我們戰(zhàn)勝他們隊(duì)沒(méi)有多大希望了。

注意:

(1)此結(jié)構(gòu)中seem表示 “似乎有;好像有……”,可以和It seems as if...轉(zhuǎn)換。如:

There seem to be a lot of things to do.=It seems as if there are a lot of things to do.

(2)“Thereseem(s) to be +名詞”這一結(jié)構(gòu)的否定形式為“There seem(s) to be +no+名詞”,如例a; 或“There doesn’t seem to be +名詞”,如例b。

seem常用于由as if/though引導(dǎo)的從句中

a. It seems as if it was/were spring already.好像已經(jīng)是春天了。

b. It seems as though our plan will be perfect.似乎我們的計(jì)劃很完美。

注意:這種句式中,如果從句所敘述的事情實(shí)現(xiàn)的可能性較大或可以被設(shè)想為事實(shí),從句的謂語(yǔ)用陳述語(yǔ)氣,如例b;若實(shí)現(xiàn)的可能性小或根本不可能實(shí)現(xiàn),從句用虛擬語(yǔ)氣,如例a。

seem 有時(shí)和人稱(chēng)代詞I連用,意為“感到好像,覺(jué)得似乎”。如:

a. I seem unable to solve it right now. 看來(lái)我無(wú)法立即解決它。

b. I seem to have seen him somewhere before.我覺(jué)得以前在什么地方見(jiàn)過(guò)他。