此時(shí)seem為連系動(dòng)詞,后直接接形容詞或to be+形容詞或名詞(短語(yǔ))作表語(yǔ),以說(shuō)明主語(yǔ)的特征或狀態(tài)。如:

　　Tom seems (to be)a very clever boy. 湯姆看上去是一個(gè)很聰明的男孩。

　　Everything seems easy.一切似乎很容易。

　　注意:afraid,asleep,awake等表語(yǔ)形容詞不能直接跟在seem 之后,必須和seem to be 連用,如:They seem awake.(誤)應改為:They seem to be awake.

　　“主語(yǔ)+seem +不定式(或不定式的完成式)”

　　此句型中的seem 用作不及物動(dòng)詞,不用在進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)中,其與不定式一起構成復合謂語(yǔ)(不定式作賓語(yǔ))。如:

　　a. The moon seems to change its shape. 月亮好像在變換形狀。

　　b. I seem not to be able to make him happy. 我似乎不能使他高興起來(lái)。

　　c. They seemed to be eating something. 他們好像在吃什么東西。

　　d. I seem to have caught a cold. 我似乎已經(jīng)感冒了。

　　注意:seem 后跟不定式(短語(yǔ))時(shí),要注意不定式所表示動(dòng)作發(fā)生的時(shí)間,以此來(lái)確定不定式的時(shí)態(tài),如例c、d;seem 后不定式的否定式習慣上在seem 前加don’t ,也可以用seem not to...,如例b也可以說(shuō)成:I don’t seem to be able to make him happy.