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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

seem [siːm]
  1. 1. vi. 似乎
    Everyone seems busy.
    每个人似乎都挺忙。
    it seems like...
    看起来像是…
    it seems as if...
    好像
    to seem (to be) happy/interested
    好像(是)高兴/感兴趣
    to seem to do sth
    好像做某事
    how did she seem to you?
    觉得看起来怎么样
    there seems to be...
    好像有…
    it seems that...
    看来
    it seems to me that...
    觉得
    she couldn't seem to stop crying
    看来是哭不停了
    I seem to have mislaid it
    好像忘记把它放在哪里

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

seem [siːm]
  1. 1. vi. 看起来似乎
    Everyone we passed seemed to be staring at me.
    我们擦肩而过每个人似乎都在盯着我看。
    She seems to be sleeping.
    看起来睡着了。
  2. 2. vi. 很可能会,看来像是真的
    She seemed much better but they still wanted to take some tests.
    看起来好多了,但他们仍然想做一些化验
    It seems that he is very gifted.
    似乎他很有才华
  3. 3. vi. 看来存在,似有
    It seems that she had chosen the wrong sort of topic.
    看来她选了个错误的话题
    There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now.
    目前似乎没有理由继续进行项目
  4. 4. vi. 依我看,我以为
    How about next July, I seem to have a Wednesday free.
    明年七月份怎么样?我应该有个周二休息
    I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters.
    好像学不好这些中文文字。
    I seem to be misunderstood by everyone.
    似乎人人都不理解我。

Collins English-English Dictionary

seem [siːm]
  1. 1. vb [may take an infinitive] [copula] to appear to the mind or eye; look
    this seems nice
    the car seems to be running well
  2. 2. vb to give the impression of existing; appear to be
    there seems no need for all this nonsense
  3. 3. vb used to diminish the force of a following infinitive to be polite, more noncommittal, etc
    I can't seem to get through to you
  4. 4. vb [Etymology] C12: perhaps from Old Norse soma to beseem, from smr befitting; related to Old English seman to reconcile; see same

Examples

to seem happy
看来很高兴
I seem to have lost it.
我以为把它给弄丢了。
Financing your studies may seem like a tall in order, but there is plenty of help available.
支付你的学费可能看起来有点儿困难,不过会有很多人慷慨解囊的。
Rich as he may seem, he works in a fast-food as waiter.
他看起来很有钱,其实却在一家快餐店当服务员。
Her ideas seem to come out of nowhere.
她的想法好像是空穴来风。
Problems of some sort seem to occur in every family.
每个家庭似乎都会出这样那样的问题。
Perfect, choir, we seem to be in good voice today!
太棒啦,合唱团,我们今天唱得很好!
My professor didn't seem very interested in my essay.
教授对我的文章似乎不是很感兴趣。
They were late for the expo, but it didn't seem to matter.
他们去展会迟到了,但好像也无大碍。
The morphine didn't seem to help her pain.
吗啡似乎没能帮她减轻疼痛。

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