seem
[si:m]
vi.似乎, 好像
例句与用法:
The children seem unaffected emotionally by their parent's divorce.
孩子在情绪上似乎未受到父母离婚的影响。
He seems to know everything.
他似乎什么都懂。
He seems an energetic person.
他似乎是一个精力充沛的人。
词形变化:
动词过去式: seemed | 动词过去分词: seemed | 动词现在分词: seeming | 动词第三人称单数: seems |
vi.[W][L]
1. 看来好像, 似乎
She seems very happy with the new job.
她对新工作好像很满意。
He doesn't seem to like the idea.
他似乎不太赞成这个想法。
2. 似乎存在; 好像发生
There seems to be something the matter with him.
他似乎有点不对劲。
3. 感到好像, 觉得似乎
I seem to hear someone knocking at the door.
我好像听到有人在敲门。
It seems to me that it will rain tonight.
我看今晚要下雨。
seem
过去式:seemed
过去分词:seemed
现在进行时:seeming
词形变化:
动词过去式: seemed | 动词过去分词: seemed | 动词现在分词: seeming | 动词第三人称单数: seems |
同义词:
pursue | search for | try to find | hunt for | seek out | strive for | try for | go for | go after | work towards | ask for | get | enquire about | request | inquire about | hunt | search | quest | explore | hound | aspire | prospect | burrow | look | for | look for | stalk | trace | assay | essay | attempt | try | comb |
反义词:
hide |
词义辨析:
同义:
vi.看来好像, 似乎
appear
look
同义参见:
feel
seem[si:m]vi.1.■似乎,好像[后接不定式或从句]:It seems that light energy will be an important subject of scientific research in the future.看来,在未来的年代里,光能是科学研究的重要课题。2.■看上去,觉得:She seems better today.看上去她今天好些了。3.■觉得像是,以为[后常接不定式]:I seem to see someone going into my house.我好像看见有人走进了我的家。4.■似乎存在;好像发生:There seems now no need to call for the doctor.现在看来没必要去请大夫了。5.■装作,装成(…的样子):to seem friendly装作友好的样子
seemseem[si:m]vi.1.■好象, 似乎2.■[与引导代词it连用]看来好象3.■[与人称代词连用]感到好象, 觉得似乎Be what you seem (to be).要表里一致。He seems (to be) quite happy.他似乎十分快乐。I seemed to hear a voice in the distance.我好象听到远处有说话声。It seems to me that it will snow.我看要下雪。It seems as if it is going to rain.看来要下雨了。
继承用法seemern.1.■装模作样的人, 做作的人
参考词汇seem 和 appear;都含有“看起来似...”的意思。1.■appear 强调外表上给人某种印象, 有时含有实质上并非如此的意思。例如:He appears to know more than he really does.他看起来好象懂得很多, 其实懂得没有那么多。2.■seem表示有一定根据的判断, 这种判断往往接近事实。 例如:The problem seems very complicated.问题仿佛很复杂。His health seems to have grown better.他的健康似乎有所好转。He seems to be sick, for he appears pale.看样子他病了, 因为他面色看起来很苍白。
verb
- [no obj.]give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality
好像;似乎
[with complement]Dawn seemed annoyed.
道恩好像生气了。
[with infinitive]there seems to be plenty to eat.
好像有很多吃的东西。
[with clause]it seemed that he was determined to oppose her.
好像他决心跟她作对。
■[with infinitive]used to make a statement or description of one's thoughts, feelings, or actions less assertive or forceful
好像
I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions.
我好像给过你非常明确的指示。
■(cannot seem to do something)be unable to do something, despite having tried
做不到
he couldn't seem to remember his lines.
他记不住台词。
■[with clause](it seems 或 it would seem)used to suggest in a cautious, guarded, or polite way that something is true or a fact
[用于谨慎或礼貌地表述某一事实]好像
it would seem that he has been fooling us all.
好像他在戏弄我们大家。
- Middle English (also in the sense 'suit, befit, be appropriate'): from Old Norse sæma 'to honour', from sæmr 'fitting'
seem
动词 seem:
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
seem to be true, probable, or apparent
同义词:appear
appear to exist
appear to one's own mind or opinion
seem
■No, I haven't finished that job yet-I seem to have spent the whole morning going round in circles, getting nowhere!
不,我还没干完那项工作呢——整个上午我似乎都在忙来忙去,却忙不出个头绪来。
■Beside her other players seem amateurish.
与她相比,其他运动员似乎都是业余的。
■Every substance in the world, no matter how different it may seem from any other substance, is made partly of electrons.
世界上每一种物质不管看起来和其他物质多么不同,都部分地由电子组成。
■George keeps a tight rein on his children, but they still seem to get into trouble regularly.
乔治对他的孩子们管教很严,但他们似乎仍然时常陷入麻烦。
■Things seem bad, but we live in hope.
事情似乎很糟,但我们抱有希望。
■The personnel manager doesn't seem to realize the immediacy of the problem.
人事部长似乎还没有意识到这个问题的紧迫性。
■People seem to have forgotten her.
人们似乎已经把她遗忘。
■Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour; how sweet the flight of time seem to his calm mind.
什么也不能推动一个按钟头收费的人,对他的平静的心情来说,时间的消逝是多么甜蜜啊。
■You seem very chirpy today!
今天你好像很快活似的!
■You seem very silent today; what's the matter?
今天你好象一声不响,怎么啦?
■You seem to be pretty well today.
今天你看来精神不错。
■My brain does not seem to be working well today.
今天我的脑子好像有些不太灵。
■The way some landowner treat their tenant today seem almost feudal.
今天有些地主仍以近乎封建的方式对待佃农。
■At this school, only ten people passed the music examination this year. That may seem a small number but it's(about) par for the course.
今年这所学校只有10人通过了音乐考试。人数看来太少了,但这却是意料之中的事。
■Taxis seem very thin on the ground tonight— we'll have to walk.
今晚出租汽车似乎很少,我们只得步行了。
■People seem to have drunk far too much tonight, present company excepted of course.
今晚大家似乎喝酒喝得太多了,当然在座的各位除外。
■All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief.
他为赚钱而耍的花招儿看来都要失败。
■They seem to equate intelligent belief with credulity.
他们似乎将理性的信念和轻信视为同一回事。
■They seem to have no coherent plan for saving the company.
他们似乎没有一个协调一致的挽救公司的计划。
■They seem to exist on a different spiritual plane.
他们似乎生活在不同的精神境界。
■They seem to regard it as a small triumph.
他们似乎认为这是一个小小的胜利。
■They seem ready to indulge his every whim.
他们简直惯得他随心所欲。
■He doesn't seem to like the idea.
他似乎不太赞成这个想法。
■He can't seem to settle in a steady job; every two years or so he pulls up skates, moves to another city and starts again.
他似乎不能找一份固定的工作安定下来,大概每隔两年他就离开去另一个城市重新开始。
■He doesn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation.
他似乎没有意识到形势的严重性。
■He and his wife seem to be on the outs these days.
他和他的妻子最近似乎感情很不好。
■Things always seem to happen to him.
他好像总不顺利。
■He doesn't seem loaded down with his fresh responsibilities.
他好象并没有被他的新任务压得喘不过气来。
■He didn't seem to mind public opinion in the least.
他对公众舆论似乎一点都不在乎。
■He had aged well; he was one of those old men who always seem in the pink of condition.
他年纪已经很大,属于那种看起来总是保养得很好的老人。
■His professions of concern did not seem sincere.
他所表示的关心看来并非出自内心。
■He is a real sportsman who doesn't seem to care if he wins or loses.
他是一位不在乎输赢的具有真正的运动家品格的人。
■He's a nice enough lad, but he doesn't seem to have much gumption.
他是个不错的小伙子,但好像没有什么进取心。
■Every time he phones I always seem to be in the bath.
他每次来电话时,我好像总是正在洗澡。
■His values seem old-fashioned.
他的价值观念似乎陈旧了。
■There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason in his demands.
他的要求真是毫无道理。
■Seem believable.
似乎可信。
■It seem that everybody like the zebra.
似乎每个人都喜欢斑马。
■Yet people still seem to be unsure how to interpret it.
但对其如何界定人们似乎还不大有把握。
■It does not seem to belong to you to dictate to your comrades.
你似乎不该对你的同志们发号施令。
■You always seem to be in a hurry.
你似乎总是很匆忙。
■You seem to cane from the jumping-off place.
你似乎是从天边来的。
■You seem to have a lot of strange ideas.
你似乎有许多奇怪的想法。
■You seem to have put too much salt in this dish.
你在这个菜里放的盐好象过多了。
■You seem to surpass yourself in this painting.
你在这幅画的创作上似乎超越了你自己。
■You seem to be losing count of days. It's Monday today.
你好像连日子也搞不清了。今天是星期一。
■Your lips seem to become blue with cold.
你的嘴唇好象冻得发紫了。
■You seem upset,are you going to peck with us?
你看来心情不佳,和我们一起吃饭吗?
■He doesn't seem so young when you see him close to.
你走近看他,他就显得不那么年轻了。
■The days seem to flash by.
光阴似箭。