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  • Conjugation : past  seemed ; pp  seemed ; ing  seeming ; pl  seems
  • Derivatives : adv  seemingly
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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?
    你觉得她看起来怎么样？
    there seems to be...
    好像有...
    it seems that...
    看来...
    it seems to me that...
    我觉得...
    she couldn't seem to stop crying
    她看来是哭不停了
    I seem to have mislaid it
    我好像忘记把它放在哪里了

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

seem [sɪm] [sɪːm]
  1. 1. vi. 看起来；外表上显出
    to seem happy
    看来很高兴
    He seemed very unhappy.
    他看起来很不高兴。
  2. 2. vi. 似乎，象是（与不定式连用）
    He seems to know the facts.
    他象是知道这些事。
  3. 3. vi. 以为，觉得象是（与不定式连用）
    I seem to have lost it.
    我以为把它给弄丢了。
  4. 4. vi. 似有
    There seems no point in going.
    似乎没有必要去。
    There is a seeming conflict here.
    这里貌似冲突，实则不然。
  5. 5. vi. 看来象是真的
    It seems he was here.
    他象是来过这儿。

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
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Examples

to seem happy
看来很高兴 → seem
I seem to have lost it.
我以为把它给弄丢了。 → seem
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。 → available
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。 → nowhere
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。 → occur
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。 → interested
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。 → matter
The morphine didn't seem to help her pain.
吗啡似乎没能帮她减轻疼痛。 → help
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