1.“主語+seem+(to be)+表語”,表語多為名詞或形容詞,有時(shí)是其他的詞或短語,以說明主語的特征或狀態(tài)。例如:
Tom seems (to be)a very clever boy.湯姆看上去是一個(gè)非常聰明的男孩。
2.“主語+seem+不定式”,此句型中的seem與不定式一起構(gòu)成復(fù)合謂語。例如:
Mrs Green doesn’t seem(或seems not)to like the idea.格林夫人似乎不太喜歡這個(gè)主意。
3.“It seems+that從句”,其中it是形式主語,that引導(dǎo)主語從句。例如:
It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park.似乎沒有人知道在公園里發(fā)生了什么事。
4.“There+seem to be+名詞”,其中to be可省略。seem的單復(fù)數(shù)形式要根據(jù)后面作主語的名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)形式而定。例如:
There doesn’t seem to be much hope of our beating that team.看來我們戰(zhàn)勝那個(gè)隊(duì)沒有多大希望。