seem是初中生必須掌握的四會(huì)詞之一，可用作連系動(dòng)詞或不及物動(dòng)詞，意為“似乎、好像、看來”，用來表示說話人內(nèi)心的、有一定依據(jù)的推測(cè)、判斷或猜想。它在初中英語課本中的常見用法主要有：

一、“Seem （to be） + n.（作表語）”，此結(jié)構(gòu)中的to be可以省略，但名詞前一般有形容詞修飾。例如：

Tom seems （to be） a very clever boy. 湯姆看上去是個(gè)很聰明的男孩。

His father seems （to be） a kind man. 他父親看起來像是個(gè)和善的人。

She seems to be an American. 她好像是美國人。（to be不能省略）

二、“Seem （to be） + adj.（作表語）”，此結(jié)構(gòu)中的to be也可以省略，但如果后面是afraid、asleep、awake等表語形容詞，則to be不能省略。例如：

She seemed （to be） tired. 她看樣子累了。

The boy seems （to be） honest. 這男孩似乎是誠實(shí)的。

These girls seem （to be） very happy. 這些女孩子們似乎很高興。

The children seem to be afraid of the teacher. 孩子們好像怕老師。

三、“Seem + 介詞like和in引起的短語”，seem like表示“看上去好像”，seem in表示“看起來處于……狀態(tài)”。例如：

The English-Chinese dictionary seems to me like an old friend. 這本英漢詞典對(duì)我來說好像是一位老朋友。

They seem in high spirits. 他們似乎境界很高。

The girl seems like a happy bird. 那女孩好似一只快樂的小鳥。

四、“Seem + 不定式或不定式的完成式”，此句型中的seem用作不及物動(dòng)詞，不用在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)中，其與不定式一起構(gòu)成復(fù)合謂語（不定式作賓語）。例如：

① The moon seems to change its shape. 月亮好像在變換形狀。

② I seem not to be able to make him happy. 我似乎不能使他高興起來。

③ They seemed to be eating something. 他們好像在吃什么東西。

④ I seem to have caught a cold. 我似乎已經(jīng)感冒了。

【溫馨提示】

Seem后跟不定式（短語）時(shí)，要注意不定式所表示動(dòng)作發(fā)生的時(shí)間，以此來確定不定式的時(shí)態(tài)，如例③、④；seem后不定式的否定式習(xí)慣上在seem前加don’t，也可用seem not to...，如例②也可說成：I don’t seem to be able to make him happy。

五、Seem與代詞it連用，構(gòu)成“It seems/seemed that...”句式。該句式相當(dāng)于“從句的主語 + seem to do”。例如：

It seems that the baby’s temperature is all right.（= The baby’s temperature seems to be all right.） 這嬰兒的體溫正常。

It seems that she is thinking.（=She seems to be thinking.） 她好像在思考什么。

It seems that they have been on the earth thousands of years.（=They seem to have been on the earth thousands of years.）它們似乎已在地球上生存了數(shù)千年。

六、“It seems/seemed to somebody that...”意為“在某人看來好像、仿佛……”，這種結(jié)構(gòu)用來表示“行為”的主體。例如：

It seems to him that he would never be able to work out the problem. 在他看來好像無法解決那個(gè)問題。

It seems to us a good chance. 對(duì)我們來說似乎是一個(gè)好機(jī)會(huì)。

It seems to me everything is all right. 對(duì)我來說似乎一切都不錯(cuò)。

七、“There seems/seemed （to be）...”意為“似乎有……”。例如：

There seems （to be） no answer to the question. 這個(gè)問題似乎沒有答案。

There seems （to be） a mistake in these answers. 這些答案中好像有錯(cuò)誤。

There doesn’t seem to be too much hope of our team beating theirs. 看來我們隊(duì)?wèi)?zhàn)勝他們隊(duì)沒有多大希望了。

八、“It seems + as if從句”，as if引導(dǎo)的從句是表語從句，有時(shí)從句的謂語動(dòng)詞用虛擬形式。例如：

It seems as if he knew nothing about her. 好像他根本不了解她似的。

It seems as if it is going to rain. 看起來天快要下雨了。

It seemed as if they would marry in the end. 看來他們終于要結(jié)婚了。

【溫馨提示】

該句型也可說成“It looks as if...”。例如：

It looked /seemed as if he would have nothing to take home to his wife and children. 看來他沒有什么能帶回家給妻子兒女了。

【學(xué)以致用】

I. 選擇填空。

1. —Would you like to have a try？

—Yes， very much. It ________ to be exciting.

A. seem B. is looking

C. seems D. will look

2. Of all the subjects， chemistry seems to be ________ for me.

A. difficult B. too difficult

C. more difficult D. the most difficult

3. Your mother seems _______ today. What’s the matter？

A. angry B. angrily

C. to angry D. be angry

4. The window seems _________. Who ______ it？

A. be broken；broke B. to be broken；broke

C. have broken down；breakD. broke；broken

5. It ________ that I have seen him somewhere before， but I’m not sure.

A. turns B. seems

C. looks D. likes

II. 在下列句中填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其意思與上句相同。

1. Nobody seems to know more than I.

It seems that _______ _______ more than I.

2. It seems that he won’t come here.

He _______ ________ ________ come here.

3. They seemed to be talking about something.

_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ talking about something.

4. It seems that the questions are quite difficult.

_______ _______ _______ ______ ________ quite difficult.

I. 1-5 C D A B B

II. 1. nobody knows 2. doesn’t seem to/seems not to

3. It seemed that they were 4. The questions seem to be