appear和seem的用法歸納
seem和appear作系動詞時都有“似乎”或“好像”之意。seem表示對某事物做出判斷時雖有一定的根據，但仍然有所懷疑，着重於說話人的主觀感覺。而appear與look一樣，是憑視覺的印象而產生的一種看法，與look不同的是這種看法與實際不相符合。下面是小編歸納的一些appear和seem的用法，以供大家學習參考。
和appear後面可以跟各種時態的動詞不定式。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.
我好像犯了個小小的錯誤。
The cat seems to want a drink.
這貓看上去想喝水。
He seemed to be feeling very tired last week.
上一週，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麼地方見到過他。
Nothing seems to have been forgotten.
似乎什麼也沒有被遺忘。
當seem和appear後面跟動詞不定式時，否定的想法可用兩種方式來表達：把not放在seem和appear前，或放在下面一個動詞前。在非正式文體中，第一種結構更爲常用。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)
和appear常和形容詞、名詞連用，後面也可以用to be+形容詞或名詞。如：
He appears (to be) quite old.
他看上去顯得很老。(實際不一定如此)
She appears (to be) a very religious person.
她這個人似乎很虔誠。
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.
瑪麗看上去是一個好姑娘。
在一個不帶形容詞的名詞前面，幾乎永遠要用seem to be。如：
I spoke to a tall man who seemed to be the boss.
我和一個高個子男人說話，他看上去像是老闆。
seem後面還可跟like(一般不跟as)，相當於seem to be。如：
This small mountain village seems like a good place for a holiday.
這個小山村看來想一個度假的好地方。
appears/seems that…在這一結構中，that用陳述語氣。
It seems as if (though)… as if意爲“像”、“好象”、“似乎”，只作連詞，引導狀語從句，通常用虛擬語氣，表示與事實相反的情況。如表示與現在事實相反，動詞用過去時;與過去事實相反，用過去完成時。as if與as though同義。當議論可能或真實的事或情形時，as if也可用陳述語氣。如：
It appears to me that you are all mistaken.
據我看來，似乎你們都搞錯了。
It seems that no one knew what had happened.
似乎沒有人知道發生過什麼事情。
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” “我剛纔在雨中淋過。”
---“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結構中,appear ,seem的單複數形式由to be後面的名詞決定。
There appears to be a misunderstanding.
這裏彷彿有一點誤解。
There appears to be no point in our continuing.
我們再繼續下去似乎沒有意義了。
There seems to be some mistake.
看來好像有個錯誤。
There seem to be several reasons for changing our plans.
看來改變我們的計劃有幾個理由。
