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单词 seem
释义 seem
\ˈsēm\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English semen, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse sōma to beseem, befit, sœmr becoming, sœma to honor, conform, Old English sēman to reconcile, pacify, Gothic samjan to please, Old Norse samr same — more at same
1. obsolete : to be suitable : befit
2.
 a.
  (1) : to be in appearance : give the impression of being : look to be : appear
   < this officer, who seemed a resonable human being — Glenway Wescott >
   < the project had begun to seem a waste of time — J.G.Cozzens >
  (2) : to pretend to be : feign
   < either you are ignorant, or seem so craftily — Shakespeare >
 b. : to appear to the observation or understanding
  < seemed to know all of them and to be able to call each one by name — W.A.Slade >
  < a tiny pebble in the middle of your back seems to grow all night, and by the crack of dawn has grown to boulder size — Boy Scout Handbook >
 c. : to appear to one's own mind or opinion
  < seemed to leave the café with one or two germs of ideas — Arnold Bennett >
  < seem to feel no pain >
  < can't seem to solve this problem >
 d. : to appear according to the known facts
  < seems not to have studied in Europe or to have taken a doctorate — Louise Pound >
  < seems that he began as a painter — Hollis Alpert >
  < the merger will not take place, it seems >
3. : to present all the signs of being the case : be evidently true : be obvious
 < seems to me that he has given up more than he has gained >
 < would seem to be a good investment >
4. : to give evidence of existing or being present
 < police indicated there seemed nothing in his background that could spawn the brutal attack — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
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