0 to give the effect of being; to be judged to be -- 似乎；仿佛
He's 16, but he often seems (to be) younger. 他16歲了，但往往看起來小一點。
The children seemed (as if/as though/like they were) tired. 孩子們好像累了。
I suspect his claims are not all they seem - he tends to exaggerate. 我懷疑他的斷言並非完全屬實——他往往誇大其詞。
Things are seldom as/how/what they seem. 事情很少表裡一致。
[ + to infinitive ] I seem to know more about him than anyone else. 我似乎比其他人更了解他。
They seem to be taking a long time to decide. 他們好像需要很長的時間才能作出決定。
[ + (that) ] It seems (that) she can't come. 她好像來不了了。
It seems to me (that) (= I think that) he isn't the right person for the job. 在我看來，他不是這項工作的合適人選。
formal It would seem (that) no action need be taken. 似乎不需要採取任何行動。
There seems to have been a mistake - my name isn't on the list. 似乎出現錯誤了——我的名字不在名單上。
[ after so ] "There's no reply - they've all gone home." "So it seems." 「沒有答覆—─他們都已經回家了。」「好像是這樣。」
"Was a decision made?" "It seems not/so." 「作出決定了嗎?」「好像沒作／作了。」
She seemed a bit detached, as if her mind were on other things.
She seemed slightly embarrassed to see us there.
The qualitative agreement seems satisfactory though the span of the rolling-grain region is theoretically overestimated.
However, close monitoring and a quick response seem to be the key factors in achieving success.
For genes that are evolutionarily more conserved, the use of the rice genome seems to be more promising.
