seem
vi.
好象, 似乎
[与引导代词it连用]看来好象
[与人称代词连用]感到好象, 觉得似乎
Be what you seem (to be).
要表里一致。
He seems (to be) quite happy.
他似乎十分快乐。
I seemed to hear a voice in the distance.
我好象听到远处有说话声。
It seems to me that it will snow.
我看要下雪。
It seems as if it is going to rain.
看来要下雨了。
seem 和 appear
都含有“看起来似...”的意思。
appear 强调外表上给人某种印象, 有时含有实质上并非如此的意思。例如:
He appears to know more than he really does.
他看起来好象懂得很多, 其实懂得没有那么多。
seem表示有一定根据的判断, 这种判断往往接近事实。 例如:
The problem seems very complicated.
问题仿佛很复杂。
His health seems to have grown better.
他的健康似乎有所好转。
He seems to be sick, for he appears pale.
看样子他病了, 因为他面色看起来很苍白。
这似乎不是那么难
seem就是似乎 看起来的意思
seem是似乎,感觉的意思,它是动词的一种,叫做感官动词,这种动词用起来有点像be动词(放在句子的位置和be动词有些像),去掉的话句子也没有语法错误,是辅助理解用的,让对方更明白说话人的感觉。
类似的感官动词还有heard feel等等。