名著采撷《警察与赞美诗》选段四
Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away.
被捕仿佛只是一个玫瑰色的梦。那个岛远在天边。
【解析】句中涉及到seem一词，其用法很多，其后可接形容词、介词短语、不定式，从句等等。seem是系动词，意思是“好像、似乎、看起来像”。表示说话人的主观判断或表示主语可能的情况。下面来看看seem的常用结构：
一、seem常常和不定式，形容词，分词，名词和介词短语搭配。
1．seem+不定式
I seemed to hear a voice in the distance.
我似乎听到一个声音从远处传来。
Your advice seems to be doing me a favor .
你的建议似乎对我有帮助。
2.seem +形容词
She seems quite happy today.
她进来看起来很高兴。
The enemy seems powerful but in fact it is weak.
敌人看起来很强大，其实是只纸老虎。
3．Seem+分词
The news seems exciting.
消息听起来很令人振奋。
They seems interested in the film.
他们似乎对这部电影很感兴趣。
4、seem+名词
She seems a clever girl.
她看上去是个聪慧的女孩。
It seemed a long time before he came back.
好像过了很长时间，他才回来。
5.seem+介词短语
They seemed in high spirits.
他们看起来兴高采烈的。
二、 It seems/seemed +that从句
It seems that he is lying.
看来他在撒谎。
It seemed that no one knew what happened.
看来没有人知道发生了什么事。
三、seem+like+n./ V-ing，意思是"看起来像……"
It seems like years since I last saw you.
自从我上次见到你以后，好像是过了好几年。
Those cards seemed like so many little flags dotted about the schoolroom.
那些卡片好像许多面小旗点缀着教室。
【加强巩固】下面小编就给出几道题，童鞋们试着做一做，看你掌握了多少。(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……
1.这个孩子看起来很悲伤。
2.看来他说的是对的。
3.It seems that they don't like eachother.
