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| 1 | to appear to be something or appear to have a particular quality 看来；好像；似乎 |
| John seems nice. 约翰看上去不错。 |
| seem happy/genuine/relaxed etc to sb He seems happy enough to me. 在我看来他很快乐。 |
| seem like Going out for lunch seemed like a good idea. 外出吃午饭这主意看起来不错。 |
| seem to do sth She seemed to want to take very good care of herself. 她看来想好好照顾自己。 |
| seem (to be) sb/sth Susan seems a very sensible person. 苏珊像是个非常明智的人。 |
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| 2 | used when you want to say something in a more careful or polite and less direct way （用于表示谨慎、礼貌或委婉）好像，可能，似乎 |
| it seemswould seem (that) It seems there’ s going to be a slight delay. 可能要推迟一小会儿。 |
| seem to have done sth I seem to have forgotten your name. 我似乎忘了你的名字。 |
| can’ t seem to do sth We can’ t seem to get this computer to work. 我们好像修不好这台计算机。 |
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| used for saying that something appears to exist or be true |
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| it seems to do sth It seems to rain all the time here. 这里好像总在下雨。 |
| +(that) Standing there in the house, it seemed that he had never been away. 站在房子里，感觉好像他从没离开过。 |
| it seems to sb (that) It seems to me this is his most important novel. 我觉得这好像是他最重要的小说。 |
| it seems like It seems like their marriage is over. 他们的婚姻好像完了。 |
| it seems as if/though It seems as if everybody else knew except me. 看上去好像除了我之外别人都知道。 |
| so it seems (=it appears that this is true) ‘He’ s not coming with us, then?’ ‘So it seems.’ 看来如此 |
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