seem學測 L2KK [ˈsim]/ˈsim/
看起來;顯得·似乎;看似·看來似乎如此
學測動詞常客,接形容詞或不定詞
She seems happy today, but no one really knows what she is thinking.

她今天看起來很開心,但沒有人真的知道她在想什麼。

seem 傳達主觀印象而非客觀事實,用了它就等於承認自己不是百分之百確定。

一個畫面:隔霧看身影

隔霧看透過霧氣看,輪廓模糊不清楚
心裡猜根據印象心裡做出推測
非事實只是印象,不保證是真的

義項

外表印象A2verb看起來;顯得
He seems tired today.
他今天看起來很累。
seem tiredseem happy
動作印象A2verb似乎;看似
The cat seems to be sleeping.
那隻貓似乎在睡覺。
seem to knowseem to like
整體推測A2verb看來似乎如此
It seems like it will rain, so bring an umbrella.
看起來似乎要下雨了,所以要帶傘。
it seems thatit seems like

片語

seem to V貌似動作 →似乎在做某件事
It seems that...整體印象 →看起來似乎如此
seem like感覺像 →感覺上像是這樣

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She ___ happy today. (seems / is seeming)

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seems

seem 是狀態動詞,不用進行式。

seem 與 seam 發音相同,哪一個是「看起來」的意思?(A) seem (B) seam

看答案

(A)

seam 是「縫線」,兩字同音異義,容易混淆。

字族

seemingly 看似;表面上

順路看看

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤