Seem
[siːm] or [sim]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) appear to one's own mind or opinion; 'I seem to be misunderstood by everyone'; 'I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters'.
(verb.) appear to exist; 'There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now'.
卡斯特罗校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as.
(v. t.) To befit; to beseem.
欧内斯廷編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Appear, look, appear to be, present the appearance, have the appearance, strike one as being.
整理:伊冯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Look, appear
ANT:Belie, misrepresent, differ
校對:鲁本
解釋/意思:
v.i. to appear: to have a show: to look: to pretend to assume an air: to appear to one's self.—v.t. (B.) to befit: to become.—n. Seem′er.—adj. Seem′ing apparent: specious: ostensible.—n. appearance: semblance: a false appearance: way of thinking.—adv. Seem′ingly.—n. Seem′ingness.—adj. Seem′less (Spens.) unseemly: indecorous.—n. Seem′liness.—adj. Seem′ly (comp. Seem′lier superl. Seem′liest) becoming: suitable: decent: handsome.—adv. in a decent or suitable manner.—n. Seem′lyhed (Spens.) decent comely appearance.—It seems it appears: it seems to me.
手打:玛丽安
例句/造句/用法:
- It would seem to be always the same question, for, it is always followed by a press of people towards the third cart. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- But in spite of their efforts to be as cheery as larks, the flutelike voices did not seem to chord as well as usual, and all felt out of tune. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The singing arrows that destroyed the army of Crassus came, it would seem, originally from the Altai and the Tian Shan. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Much of their theory must seem to the modern mind merely fanciful and unsupported speculation. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- So it would seem it happened to Gautama. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You never seem old. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The wind, indeed, seemed made for the scene, as the scene seemed made for the hour. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapor-walled landscape. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Our fair client seemed a little confused. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Every vestige of the gentler thoughts which had filled her mind hardly a minute since seemed to be swept from it now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It seemed all at once to take the shape of an impertinence on her part; she read this meaning too in the man's eyes. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- So far it seemed clear enough. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He never seems to have made the mistake of confusing democracy with demolatry. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There seems to be a _limit of growth_ for every kind of living thing. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- She really seems to have a very good influence on young men. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He does not flatter women, but he is patient with them, and he seems to be easy in their presence, and to find their company genial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He seems a very bright pleasant little fellow. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She went on directing her conversation to the past, and seeming to recall its incidents, scenes, and personageswith singular vividness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Nor trust the seeming lifeless snake, Beware! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Otherwise, his seeming attention, his docility, his memorizings and reproductions, will partake of intellectual servility. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He looked at them slightly, without seeming to know who they were, and merely nodded to Mrs. Jennings from the other side of the room. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- To you, perhaps, observed Worcester, trying to laugh, from a fear of seeming ridiculous. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- He looked up and saw it high and tiny and silver in the sun, seeming hardly to move in the high sky. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
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