基本用法

　seem可用作连系动词或不及物动词，意为“似乎；好像”，其常见用法现归纳如下：  　　一、“主语+ seem +（to be ）+表语”，表语多为名词或形容词，有时是其他的词或短语，以说明主语的特征或状态。例如： seem后接形容词，名词，不定式，分词或介词短语等作表语 

He seems quite pleased with your work. 

He seemed to have a high opinion of you. 

He seems a foolish boy. 

It seems raining. 

Everybody seems in high spirits. 

Tom seems （to be ） a very clever boy. 汤姆看上去是一个非常聪明的男孩。

The man over there seems to be a new teacher. 那边的那个人看上去像一个新老师。

Mr Black seemed to be quite happy. 布莱克先生好像十分快乐。

This small town seems changed a little. 这个小城镇似乎有点儿变化。

2)跟形容词或过去分词： ①He seems (to be) quite happy. 她好象十分快乐。 ②She seems satisfied. 她似乎很满意。 3)跟名词： ①She seems an unusual clever girl. 她看起来象是一个异常聪明的姑娘。 ②This seems to her an ideal job. 她感到这是一份理想的工作。 4)跟介词短语： seem like = look like 看起来好象 

seem+like+n./ V-ing，意思是"看起来像……"

It seems like years since I last saw you.自从我上次见到你以后，好像是过了好几年。

Those cards seemed like so many little flags dotted about the schoolroom.那些卡片好像许多面小旗点缀着教室。

①It seems like years since I last saw you. 从上次跟你见面后，好象好久没见到你了。 ②They seem in high spirits. 他们似乎情绪高涨。

They seemed like many little flags. 

　二、“主语+ seem + 不定式”，此句型中的seem与不定式一起构成复合谓语。例如：

1)跟不定式：不定式有时须用完成式或进行式： Mrs Green doesn’t seem （或seems not ） to like the idea. 格林夫人似乎不太喜欢这个主意。

The maths problem seems to be very difficult to work out.这道数学题似乎很难解决。 I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions.我好像给过你非常明确的指示。 I never seem to accomplish anything.  我似乎永远干不成什么事。

I seemed to hear a voice in the distance.我好象听到远处有说话声。

I seem to have caught a cold.我好像是感冒了。

seem to be doing sth.好像在做某事 

He seems to be thinking about something. 他似乎正在考虑某事。 They seem to be working in the field.他们好像在地里干活。 

The children seemed to be eating something in the room. 孩子们好像正在房间里吃东西呢。

③They seemed to be eating something. 他们好象在吃东西。  

seem to have done/been…好像已经…… 

e.g. The girl seems to have learnt about that sad news.那女孩似乎已经知道那使人悲伤的消息。 

The young man seemed to have changed much. 这个年轻人看起来变化很大

I seem to have forgotten his address.  我好像忘了他的住址。

She didn't seem to have changed much. 她看来没多大变化。 　　The policeman seemed to have known the truth. 那个警察似乎早已知道事情的真相。。

　　三、It seems 后接that 或as if从句，引导词that 或as if有时可省。“It seems + that从句”，其中it 是形式主语，that，as if引导主语从句。例如：

It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park. 似乎没有人知道在公园里发生了什么事。

It seems (as if) there will be an election soon. 

It seems/seemed +that从句

It seems that he is lying.看来他在撒谎。

It seemed that no one knew what happened.看来没有人知道发生了什么事。

It seemed that he was determined to oppose her.

好像他决心跟她作对。

It seems/seemed + as if从

It seems as if he were in a dream.看来他像是在做梦。

It seemed as if the good man were trying to teach us all he knew at this last lesson.这个好心人仿佛要在最后这一堂课上把他的全部知识

It seems as though he were very stupid. 看来他似乎很笨。

It seems as if there were a clock in my body, because we feel hungry  more or less at the same time of the day .

It seems as she's never happy. It seems as if it were autumn.

It seems as if she had been to England.

It seems as if he knew everything.

It seems as if you were the boss here

注意：在as if / though引起的从句中，如果说的是非真实的情况，从句谓语用虚拟语气，如上句he were very stupid。如果所述的情况实现的可能性较大，则从句的谓语常用陈述语气。

It seems as if it is going to rain .

It seems as if somebody is calling you. 好像有人在叫你。 seem常用在It seems / seemed to sb (that) ...结构中，这种结构常用来表示“行为”的主体。如： It seems to me that Peter has seen nothing of life.

在我看来, 彼得还不懂人情世故。

It seems to me that they are right. 我感觉他们是对的。

It seems to me that Mr Brown will not come again. 在我看来布朗先生不会再来了。

It seems to me that it will snow.

我看要下雪。

It seems to me that he is right. 

四、“There + seem to be +名词”，其中to be 可省略。意为"似乎有；好像有……"seem 的单复数形式要根据后面作主语的名词的单复数形式而定。例如：

There doesn’t seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看来我们战胜那个队没有多大希望。

There seems no need to wait longer. 看来没有再等的必要了。

There seems (to be) something wrong with your computer. 

There seems to be...,

There seems to be no work for you to do now.看来现在没有工作需要你做了。

注意：

1)在这一结构中，seem表示“似乎有；看来有”。如：

　　There seems to be a lot of things to do. (=It seems as if there were a lot of things to do.) 似乎有很多事情要做。

There seems no need to go now.

好像没有必要现在就去。

2)这一结构的否定形式为“There seems / seemed to be + no + n.”或“There doesn't / didn't seem to be + n.”。

　　There doesn't seem to have been any difficulty on this question. 在这个问题上似乎没出现什么困难。

注意：

（1）seem后接to be 时，注意to be 的省略。 

e.g. Tom came to see you this morning. He seemed (to be ) tired. 

Yesterday I met a man who seemed to be the boss.(此时的to be 不能省略。因为名词前没有修饰语) 

（2）seem 的否定形式。有两种： 

e.g. She doesn’t seem to be at home.

 She seems not to be at home. 

其他用法：

seem+doing

No one seemed thinking that way.似乎没人那样想。

She seemed lacking in enthusiasm when we were talking about that film.我们谈论那部电影时，她看来好像没多大热情。

He seemed pleased at what I said. 听了我的话，他似乎很高兴。 The news seems exciting. 消息似乎很激动人心。

注意：seem不能用于进行时态，也不能用于被动语态。如：

　　误：It was seeming to rain at that moment.

　　正：It seemed to rain at that moment. 当时似乎要下雨。

　　误：It is seemed that nobody knew what had happened.

　　正：It seems that nobody knew what had happened.

　　看上去好像没有人知道发生了什么。

注意：

seem后接to be 时，注意to be 的省略。 

在英语所有的连系动词中，除了be这个最常见的外，seem应该算是最常见的连系动词之一。而对于seem的用法，许多同学有个误解，就是以为seem后接表语时，表语前可随意地加上to be，也可随意地去掉to be。其实，seem后to be的省略和保留有不少讲究和值得注意的地方，本文归纳以下五种情况，供同学们参考。 [hjmAdHolder] 　　一、后接形容词时 　　当seem后接形容词作表语时，如果谈的是客观事实，即看上去肯定是真实的东西，通常用seem to be；如果谈的是主观印象，则通常只用seem。但由于这种区别在没有上下文的情况下并不总是很清楚，所以在许多情况下两个结构均可以用。如：  　　He seems (to be) ill. 他似乎生病了。  　　He seems (to be) quite happy. 他似乎很高兴。   　　He seems (to be) quite rich 他似乎相当富有。  　　She seems (to be) very sleepy today. 今天她看上去很困倦。  　　但在有些情况下，由于其语境比较特殊，可能用其中一个结构比另一个结构更合适，如下面一句中的seems后最好不用to be：  He seems older than he is. 他看上去比实际年龄大。  　　二、后接名词时 　　在名词前通常要用seem to be(尤其是当名词前带有定冠词或物主代词修饰时)，如以下各句中的to be均不能省略。如：  　　He seemed to be the owner of the car. 他好像就是车主。  　　I spoke to a man who seemed to be the boss. 我跟一个人说话，他看上去像是老板。   　　Washing the car seems to be your main hobby. 洗车似乎是你的主要爱好。  　　但是，在着重表现主观感受的名词短语前，有时可以省去to be。此时名词前通常会有一个描绘性形容词修饰。如：  　　It seems (to be) a good idea. 那似乎是个好主意。   　　It seems (to be) a real bargain. 这东西似乎很便宜。  　　下面一句中的fool前虽然没有形容词修饰，但a fool本身相当于形容词foolish：   　　He seems (to be) a fool. 他似乎是个笨蛋。  　　三、后接非谓语动词时 　　后接不定式的被动式时，有时可以省略to be，而只保留过去分词(尤其是当其中的过去分词可用作形容词时更是如此)。如：  　　Ann and Robert seem (to be) made for each other. 安和罗伯特真似天生的一对。   He seemed disappointed when the man refused his request.当那个人拒绝了他的要求时他看起来很失望。

Dawn seemed annoyed.

She didn’t seem (to be) convinced by the argument. 这个论点似乎没有使她信服。 

但后接不定式的进行式时，通常不能省略to be，因为seem后习惯上不接现在分词作表语。所以，下面各句中的to be均不宜省略：  He seems to be saying something. 他似乎在说什么。  History seems to be repeating itself. 历史似乎在重演。  His health seems to be improving little by little. 他健康状况看来正在好转。  What forces seem to be acting in this experiment ? 在这个实验中是什么力在起作用？

Punk clothes seem to be coming into fashion again.  鬅客服装似乎又流行起来了。

The fish do not seem to be taking today . 今天的鱼看来总是不上钩。

They seem to be trying to talk. 似乎是她们要和人们说话。

They seem to be having high words. 他们好像是在争论什么。

注：如果seem to be doing sth结构中的doing 不是现在分词，而是形容词，则可省略其中的to be。如：  She seemed lacking in enthusiasm when we were talking about that film.我们谈论那部电影时，她看来好像没多大热情。

His enthusiasm seems untiring. 他的热情似乎从不减退。

His wit made even troubles seem amusing.  他的风趣能使麻烦事也变得似乎有趣。　　

The main streets seemed shining in the sun.在阳光照射下, 大街似乎闪闪发光。

His idea seems (to be) exciting. 他的主意看来令人激动。  She seemed (to be) lacking in enthusiasm. 她似乎缺乏热情。  四、用于there be结构时 　　当seem用于there be结构时，其通常的表现形式为There seems to be…，其中的to be可以省略，也可以保留，但以保留为多见。如：  　　There seems to be something wrong here. 这儿好像有点不大对劲。   　　There seems to be a mistake in these figures. 这些数字中好像有个错误。   　　There seemed (to be) nobody about, so I went in. 附近似乎没有人，因此我就走了进去。  　　There seems (to be) every reason to believe that business will get better. 看来完全有理由相信生意会转好。  　　注：省略to be后，seem便直接充当了be的作用。  　　五、后接表语形容词时 　　在作表语用的以a-开头的形容词前通常不能省略to be。如：  　　He seemed to be alone. 他似乎是一个人。  　　The children seem to be asleep. 孩子们似乎睡着了。   　　The children seemed to be awake when I went into their room. 在我进屋时，孩子们似乎醒了。

句型转换：根据第一句，完成第二句或第三句，每空一词，使句子意思保持不变。

　　1. She seems very sad.

　　She seems ________ ________ very sad.

　　It seems that ________ ________ very sad.

　　2. He seemed to be waiting for somebody.

　　It seemed that ________ ________ ________ for somebody.

　　3. Nobody seemed to have lost a child.

　　It seemed that ________ ________ ________ a child.

　　4. It seems that there will be no time for play now.

　　There ________ ________ ________ no time for play now.

　　Key:

　　1. to be; she is 2. he was waiting 3. nobody had lost 4. seems to be