seem

单词辨析:

look appear seem 【导航词义:看似,看起来】
look link v. 看似,看上去
〔辨析〕

侧重由视觉得出某种印象,后接 as if 引导的表语从句时常可与 seem 换用。

〔例证〕

He looks pale.

他看上去脸色苍白。

He looks like a doctor.

他看上去像个大夫。

He looked/seemed as if he hadn't slept for a week.

他看上去好像一星期没有睡觉了。

appear link v. 似乎,看来
〔辨析〕

尤指从所知或所见得到某种印象,常后接动词不定式或 that 引导的表语从句,常可与 seem 换用。

〔例证〕

He appears/seems unhappy.

他看起来不高兴。

Police said that there appeared/seemed to be signs of a break-in.

警方称似乎有破门而入的迹象。

It appears/seems that he killed the man.

似乎是他杀了这个男人。

seem link v. 看来,好像
〔辨析〕

侧重指由主观看法得出判断,但暗示有一定的依据。

〔例证〕

It seems like it's going to rain.

天好像要下雨。

Our coach seems like an energetic person.

我们教练似乎是一个精力充沛的人。

The kids seem unaffected emotionally by their parents' divorce.

孩子们在情绪上似乎并未受到父母离婚的影响。

相关例句:

The proposal seems designed to break opposition to the government's economic programme

这项建议似乎旨在为政府经济计划的实施扫清障碍。

You two seem very different to me

你们两个似乎与我大不一样。

Excuse me I seem to be a little bit lost.

对不起,我好像有点听不明白了。

To everyone who knew them, they seemed an ideal couple

在每个认识他们的人看来,他们似乎是天作之合。

It was a record that seemed beyond reach

这似乎是一个不可企及的纪录。

I seem to have lost all my self-confidence

我好像已经自信全无。