一、seem常和不定式、形容詞、分詞、名詞和介詞短語搭配。

1. seem+不定式（短語）

I seemed to hear a voice in the distance. 我好像聽到遠處有一個聲音。

The young man seemed to have changed much. 這個年輕人看起來變化很大。

2. seem+形容詞

She seems quite happy today. 她今天看起來似乎很高興。

3. seem+分詞

The news seems exciting. 這條新聞似乎很振奮人心。

4. seem+名詞

She seems a clever girl. 她似乎是一個聰明的女孩。

5. seem+介詞短語

They seemed in high spirits. 他們似乎情緒很高。

二、seem常用于it作形式主語的“It seems / seemed that...”結構中。

It seems that you were lying. 你似乎在說謊。

It seems to me that Mr. Brown will not come again. 在我看來布朗先生不會再來了。

三、seem常用于由as if / though引導的從句中。

It seems as if it is going to rain. 似乎要下雨了。

四、seem也常用在“there seem（s） to be”句式中。

There seemed to be something the matter with him. 他似乎有點問題。

There doesnt seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看來我們戰(zhàn)勝那個隊沒有多大希望。

五、seem有時也同人稱代詞I連用，意為“感到好像，覺得似乎”等意。

I seem to have seen him somewhere before. 我好像以前在什么地方見過他。

六、seem還常常同like搭配。

You seem like you have a nice family. 你看上去有一個美滿的家庭。

【典型例題】

There ____ nothing serious with the patient.

A. seem B. seems C. seems to be D. seems that

【答案】 C

【解析】句意：那個病人似乎什么事都沒有。這是含有there be句型的句子，故選C。