seem /siːm/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (seeming,seemed,seems)

• 1.  

  V-LINK（连系动词） You use seem to say that someone or something gives the impression of having a particular quality, or of happening in the way you describe. 似乎; 看起来 [no cont]

  例：

  The explosions seemed quite close by.

  爆炸似乎就在近旁。

• 2.  

  V-LINK（连系动词） You use seem when you are describing your own feelings or thoughts, or describing something that has happened to you, in order to make your statement less forceful. 感觉好像 [no cont] [含糊]

  例：

  I seem to have lost all my self-confidence.

  我好像已经丧失了所有的自信。

• 3.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you say that you cannot seem or could not seem to do something, you mean that you have tried to do it and were unable to. 好像总是不能

  例：

  No matter how hard I try I cannot seem to catch up on all the bills.

  不管我怎么努力，我好像总也无法付清所有的账单。