seem的用法 是表示「似乎」的學習重點 ，有seem + adj、seem to V、seem to + have pp、It seems that + S V，與全部都可以代換成appear + adj、appear to V、appear to + have pp、It appears that + S V。

如果今天報告完計畫，經理看起來很滿意，可以很高興地跟組員說：「The general seems satisfied with our project!」或「It seems that the general is satisfied with our project!」也可以將seem換成appear。

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seem的用法

句型1：S + seem +adj

1. seem是「似乎」的意思，是連綴動詞，可以直接加形容詞。
2. 注意，seem的後面不加副詞。
3. seem可以與appear代換，但appear比較正式。

The baby seems full.

= The baby appears full.

(寶寶似乎飽了。)

→ seem/appear + adj

→ (X)The baby seems fully.

The yawning child seems sleepy.

= The yawning child appears sleepy.

(打呵欠的孩子似乎睏了。)

→ seem/appear + adj

句型2：S + seem +to V

1. seem和appear也可以直接加不定詞to V。
2. 注意，此用法中的to V與seem是相同的時間點。不同時間點的用法請見句型3。

The red-faced girl seems to feel embarrassed about her slip of the tongue.

(這臉紅的女孩似乎為自己的失言感到尷尬。)

→ seem + to V

→ seem和feel同一個時間點.

The teacher’s comment appeared to show that the students did a good job.

(老師的評論似乎表明學生們做得很好。)

→ appear + to V

→ appear和show同一個時間點

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句型3：S + seem +to have pp

1. 注意，此用法中的to V比seem/appear的時間點早。
2. 當要表示的事情比「似乎」還早發生時，因為to後面必須使用原形動詞，無法用過去式，只好用to + have pp來表示比較早的時間。

The lady seems to have been a beauty when she was young.

(這位女士年輕時似乎是個美女。)

→ seem + to have pp

→ 這女士年輕的時候是美女，是以前的事情，所以使用to have pp來表示比較早的動作

The patient appears to have forgotten what he said last week.

(這病人似乎忘記了他上週所說的話。)

→ appear + to have pp

→ 已經忘記說過的話是比appear早的事情，所以使用to have pp來表示比較早的動作

句型4：It seems +that S V

1. 也可以使用虛主詞(It seems)+真主詞(that + S + V)的句型表示似乎的句型。
2. 如果是過去的似乎，可以用seemed或appeared。

It seems that all the audience like the magician’s performance.

(似乎所有的觀眾都喜歡魔術師的表演。)

→ 用「It seems + that子句」表示「似乎」

It appeared that the new policy had provoked much severe criticism.

(新政策似乎引起了很多嚴厲的批評。)

→ 用「It appeared + that子句」表示「似乎」

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