seem的用法詳解
seem的用法詳解
seem可用作連系動(dòng)詞或不及物動(dòng)詞,意為“似乎;好像”,其常見(jiàn)用法現(xiàn)歸納如下:
一、“主語(yǔ)+ seem +(to be )+表語(yǔ)”,表語(yǔ)多為名詞或形容詞,有時(shí)是其他的詞或短語(yǔ),以說(shuō)明主語(yǔ)的特征或狀態(tài)。例如:
This small town seems changed a little. 這個(gè)小城鎮(zhèn)似乎有點(diǎn)兒變化。
Mr Black seemed to be quite happy. 布萊克先生好像十分快樂(lè)。
Tom seems (to be ) a very clever boy. 湯姆看上去是一個(gè)非常聰明的男孩。
The man over there seems to be a new teacher. 那邊的那個(gè)人看上去像一個(gè)新老師。
二、“主語(yǔ)+ seem + 不定式”,此句型中的seem與不定式一起構(gòu)成復(fù)合謂語(yǔ)。例如:
The young man seemed to have changed much. 這個(gè)年輕人看起來(lái)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(gè)主意。
The children seemed to be eating something in the room. 孩子們好像正在房間里吃東西呢。
三、“It seems + that從句”,其中it 是形式主語(yǔ),that引導(dǎo)主語(yǔ)從句。例如:
It seems to me that Mr Brown will not come again. 在我看來(lái)布朗先生不會(huì)再來(lái)了。
It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park. 似乎沒(méi)有人知道在公園里發(fā)生了什么事。
四、“There + seem to be +名詞”,其中to be 可省略。seem 的單復(fù)數(shù)形式要根據(jù)后面作主語(yǔ)的名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式而定。例如:
There doesn’t seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看來(lái)我們戰(zhàn)勝那個(gè)隊(duì)沒(méi)有多大希望。
There seems no need to wait longer. 看來(lái)沒(méi)有再等的必要了。