transcription, транскрипция: [ si:m ]
( seems, seeming, seemed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use seem to say that someone or something gives the impression of having a particular quality, or of happening in the way you describe.
We heard a series of explosions. They seemed quite close by...
Everyone seems busy except us...
To everyone who knew them, they seemed an ideal couple...
£50 seems a lot to pay...
The calming effect seemed to last for about ten minutes...
It was a record that seemed beyond reach...
The proposal seems designed to break opposition to the government’s economic programme...
It seems that the attack this morning was very carefully planned to cause few casualties...
It seems clear that he has no reasonable alternative...
It seemed as if she’d been gone forever...
There seems to be a lot of support in Congress for this move...
There seems no possibility that such action can be averted...
This phenomenon is not as outrageous as it seems.
V-LINK : no cont , V adj , V adj , V n , V n , V to-inf , V prep , V -ed , it V that , it V adj that , it V as if , there V to-inf , there V n , V
2.
You use seem when you are describing your own feelings or thoughts, or describing something that has happened to you, in order to make your statement less forceful.
I seem to have lost all my self-confidence...
I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions...
Excuse me I seem to be a little bit lost.
V-LINK : no cont , V to-inf , V to-inf , V to-inf [ vagueness ]
3.
If you say that you cannot seem or could not seem to do something, you mean that you have tried to do it and were unable to.
No matter how hard I try I cannot seem to catch up on all the bills...
PHRASE : PHR to-inf
4.
see also seeming