| 词汇 | seemed |
| 释义 | seemed past simple and past participle ofseem seem verb[ I+ adv/prep, L ] uk /siːm/ us /siːm/ B1 to give the effect of being; to be judged to be: 似乎；仿佛 He's 16, but he often seems (to be) younger.他16岁了，但往往看起来要小些。 The children seemed (as if/as though/like they were) tired.孩子们好像累了。 I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate.我怀疑他的断言并不都属实——他往往夸大其词。 Things are seldom as/how/what they seem.事情很少表里一致。 [ + to infinitive ]I seem to know more about him than anyone else.我似乎比其他人更了解他。 They seem to be taking a long time to decide.他们好像需要很长的时间才能作出决定。 [ + (that) ]It seems (that) she can't come.她好像来不了了。 It seems to me (that)(= I think that) he isn't the right person for the job.在我看来，他不是这项工作的合适人选。 formalIt would seem (that) no action need be taken.似乎不需要采取任何行动。 There seems to have been a mistake - my name isn't on the list.似乎出现了错误——我的名字不在名单上。 [ after so ]"There's no reply - they've all gone home." "So it seems."“没有答复——他们都已经回家了。”“好象是这样。” "Was a decision made?" "It seems not/so."“作出决定了吗？”“好象没作／作了。” She seemed happy enough this morning. The plan seemed quite simple. He seemed a bit depressed about his work situation.他似乎对自己的工作状况有些沮丧。 She seemed a bit detached, as if her mind were on other things.她似乎有些心不在焉，好像心思在别的事情上。 She seemed slightly embarrassed to see us there. Seeming and purporting to be apparent appear appearance as if/thoughidiom by the look(s) of thingsidiom come across come off formal judge outward outwardly outwardness parallax pass for sb/sth seemingly semblance superficial superficiality superficially surface GrammarAppear or seem? We mostly use appear to talk about facts and events. We use seem to talk about facts, but also to talk about personal feelings and ideas. Seem is often used with a noun: … Seem + to-infinitive We can use seem with a to-infinitive: … Seem Seem means ‘appear in a particular way’. We can use it as a linking verb (like be) or with a to-infinitive. We do not normally use seem in the continuous form: … Seem as a linking verb Seem as a linking verb is followed by an adjective or, less commonly, a noun: … Examples of seemedseemed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It protected it by excluding from its realm the cases that seemed to escape multiple concordant testimony. It took a while to get in, but on your initial visit, he seemed pleasant enough. The diversity of themes covered in the papers is the reason why this seemed to be such an eclectic mix. Her husband remained unco-operative and it seemed unlikely that either would agree to any help, unless she did have a difficult pregnancy or labour. Given that local farmers' response to the first two phases of reform had been characterised by a growing sense of ambivalence this seemed unlikely. This goal seemed virtually unattainable not long ago. On finding that the activation of nicotinic receptors seemed to depress visual responses, we proceeded to investigate the mechanism of this effect. The thrombus seemed to resolve with the help of oral coumadin. We have no explanation for this pattern except that diphthongs seemed to pattern as a vowel plus coda in disyllables for this particular child. While virtually no one had seen her coming in 1943, now it seemed legions were prepared. To them, trying something unproven, potentially risky, but also potentially beneficial seemed reasonable. It really seemed a clear-cut and unambiguous test. This seemed to improve his alertness in ways that could help him become even more cognizant of the nurturing he was receiving through reflexology. It seems that there is something different in ecology from the stuff that seemed 'factual' in the basic biology stuff. Some centres seemed able to repair equipment quickly; others did not, causing difficulties for students. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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