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
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