appear和seem的用法歸納

　　seem和appear作系動(dòng)詞時(shí)都有“似乎”或“好像”之意。seem表示對某事物做出判斷時(shí)雖有一定的根據(jù)，但仍然有所懷疑，著重于說話人的主觀感覺。而appear與look一樣，是憑視覺的印象而產(chǎn)生的一種看法，與look不同的是這種看法與實(shí)際不相符合。下面是小編歸納的一些appear和seem的用法，以供大家學(xué)習(xí)參考。

　　appear和seem的用法歸納

　　1.seem和appear后面可以跟各種時(shí)態(tài)的動(dòng)詞不定式。如：

　　He appears to have many friends.

　　他似乎有許多朋友。

　　He appeared to be talking to himself.

　　他像似在自言自語。

　　I appear to have made a small mistake.

　　我好像犯了個(gè)小小的錯(cuò)誤。

　　The cat seems to want a drink.

　　這貓看上去想喝水。

　　He seemed to be feeling very tired last week.

　　上一周，他好像覺得一直很累。

　　I seem to have seen you somewhere before.

　　我覺得好像以前在什么地方見到過他。

　　Nothing seems to have been forgotten.

　　似乎什么也沒有被遺忘。

　　當(dāng)seem和appear后面跟動(dòng)詞不定式時(shí)，否定的想法可用兩種方式來表達(dá)：把not放在seem和appear前，或放在下面一個(gè)動(dòng)詞前。在非正式文體中，第一種結(jié)構(gòu)更為常用。如：

　　He did not appear to resent it.

　　他似乎沒有對這件事不滿。

　　He appeared not to resent it.

　　(同上)

　　She does not seem to be at home.

　　她好像不在家。

　　She seems not to be at home.

　　(同上)

　　I can’t seem to find my glasses anywhere.

　　看來我那兒也不可能找到我的眼鏡了。

　　I seem to be unable to find my glasses anywhere.

　　(同上)

　　2.seem和appear常和形容詞、名詞連用，后面也可以用to be+形容詞或名詞。如：

　　He appears (to be) quite old.

　　他看上去顯得很老。(實(shí)際不一定如此)

　　She appears (to be) a very religious person.

　　她這個(gè)人似乎很虔誠。

　　What seems easy to some people seems difficult to others.

　　對某些人好像是容易的事物，可能對其他人是困難的。

　　Mary seems (to be) a nice girl.

　　瑪麗看上去是一個(gè)好姑娘。

　　在一個(gè)不帶形容詞的名詞前面，幾乎永遠(yuǎn)要用seem to be。如：

　　I spoke to a tall man who seemed to be the boss.

　　我和一個(gè)高個(gè)子男人說話，他看上去像是老板。

　　seem后面還可跟like(一般不跟as)，相當(dāng)于seem to be。如：

　　This small mountain village seems like a good place for a holiday.

　　這個(gè)小山村看來想一個(gè)度假的好地方。

　　3.It appears/seems that…在這一結(jié)構(gòu)中，that用陳述語氣。

　　It seems as if (though)… as if意為“像”、“好象”、“似乎”，只作連詞，引導(dǎo)狀語從句，通常用虛擬語氣，表示與事實(shí)相反的情況。如表示與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反，動(dòng)詞用過去時(shí);與過去事實(shí)相反，用過去完成時(shí)。as if與as though同義。當(dāng)議論可能或真實(shí)的事或情形時(shí)，as if也可用陳述語氣。如：

　　It appears to me that you are all mistaken.

　　據(jù)我看來，似乎你們都搞錯(cuò)了。

　　It seems that no one knew what had happened.

　　似乎沒有人知道發(fā)生過什么事情。

　　It seems as if (though) this pen were mine.

　　這支鋼筆好像是我的。

　　It seems as if it is going to rain.

　　看來快下雨了。

　　另外，要特別注意帶有seem的肯定或否定回答。如：

　　---“I’ve been out in the rain” “我剛才在雨中淋過。”

　　---“So it seems”. or “It seems not”. “看來好像如此。”或 “看來似乎不像。”

　　4.在There appear/seem to be結(jié)構(gòu)中,appear ,seem的單復(fù)數(shù)形式由to be后面的名詞決定。

　　There appears to be a misunderstanding.

　　這里仿佛有一點(diǎn)誤解。

　　There appears to be no point in our continuing.

　　我們再繼續(xù)下去似乎沒有意義了。

　　There seems to be some mistake.

　　看來好像有個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。

　　There seem to be several reasons for changing our plans.

　　看來改變我們的計(jì)劃有幾個(gè)理由。