seem

seem的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [si:m]
KK音标发音： [sim]

seem的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

1. To give the impression of being; appear:
看来好象；似乎：

The child seems healthy, but the doctor is concerned.
这个孩子看来好象很健康，但医生很焦虑

2. To appear to one's own opinion or mind:
感觉好象，就某人看来好象：表现某人自己的观点或思想：

I can't seem to get the story straight.
我好象不能理解这个故事

3. To appear to be true, probable, or evident:
好象：似乎是真的、可能的或显而易见的：

It seems you object to the plan. It seems like rain. He seems to have worked in sales for several years.
你好象反对这个计划。好象要下雨。他好象已在销售部工作多年

4. To appear to exist:
似乎存在：

There seems no reason to postpone it.
似乎没有理由推迟它

seem的词源：

5. Middle English semen
中古英语 semen

6. from Old Norse s?ma [to conform to]
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 s?ma [适应，与…一致]

7. from s?mr [fitting] * see sem- ¹
源自 s?mr [合适的] *参见 sem- ¹

seem， appear， look

8. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to present the appearance of being”:
这些动词所共有的中心意思是“提供存在的表象”：

seems angry;
似乎很生气；

appears skeptical;
看上去很怀疑；

looks happy.
看起来很幸福