seem为连系动词，意为"似乎；好像；看起来"，其用法较多，现将其基本句型和用法列举如下：

　　一、seem(to be)+名词。例如：

　　Mary seems a very clever girl. 玛丽看上去是一个非常聪明的女孩。

　　The young man seems to be a new teacher. 这个年轻人看上去像一位新老师。

　　二、seem(to be)+形容词或过去分词。例如：

　　Mr Smith seemed to be quite happy. 史密斯先生好像十分快乐。

　　This small town seems changed a little. 这个小城镇似乎有点儿变化。

　　三、seem+不定式。不定式有时须用进行时或完成时。例如：

　　Mrs Black doesn't seem(或seems not) to like the idea.

　　布莱克夫人似乎不太喜欢这个主意。

　　The children seemed to be eating something in the room.

　　孩子们好像正在房间里吃东西。

　　The young girl seemed to have changed much. 这个年轻女孩看来变化很大。

　　四、seem+介词短语。例如：

　　It seems like years since I last saw you.

　　从上次跟你见面后，好像有好多年没有见到你了。

　　They seem like many stars. 它们好像许多星星。

　　Her parents seem in good health. 她的父母看起来很健康。

　　五、It seems that... 意为"看起来；似乎"。例如：

　　It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park.

　　(也可说No one seems to know what has happened in the park.) 似乎没有人知道在公园里发生了什么事。

　　It seems to me that Mr White will not come again. 依我看，怀特先生不会再来了。

　　六、There seems(to be)...意为"似乎有…… "。例如：

　　There seems(to be) no need to wait. 看来无须再等了。

　　七、It seems as if...意为"看起来像(仿佛)……"。从句常用虚拟语气。例如：

　　It seems as if they had never seen each other before.

　　仿佛他们以前从未见过面。

　　注意：seem和look均可表示"看起来；好像"，但意思略有差别：seem指说话人的主观判断；look则指从外表上看给说话人的印象。例如：

　　Jack seems like his father. 杰克似乎像他父母。(说话人的一种主观判断)

　　Jack looks like his father. 杰克看起来像他父亲。(指杰克的长相让人看起来像)

　　(文/刘奉越；英语辅导报初三版03--04学年度第41期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)