seem的三種用法和固定搭配為:主語+seem+(to be)+表語;主語+seem+不定式;It seems+that從句;There+seem to be+名詞。
1、“主語+seem+(to be)+表語”,表語多為名詞或形容詞,有時是其他的詞或短語,以說明主語的特征或狀態。
Tom seems a very clever boy.
湯姆看上去是壹個非常聰明的男孩。
2、“主語+seem+不定式”,此句型中的seem與不定式壹起構成復合謂語。
Mrs Green doesn't seem(或seems not)to like the idea.
格林夫人似乎不太喜歡這個主意。
3、“It seems+that從句”,其中it是形式主語,that引導主語從句。
It seems that no one knows what h happened in the park.
似乎沒有人知道在公園裏發生了什麽事。
4、“There+seem to be+名詞”,其中to be可省略。seem的單復數形式要根據後面作主語的名詞的單復數形式而定。
There doesn't seem to be much hope of our beating that team.
看來我們戰勝那個隊沒有多大希望。