【Seem】の意味、使い方について詳しく説明! 英文法基礎
Seem とは、「特定の形で現れる」という意味です。リンク動詞として使用できます（ be など） または to 不定詞で。通常は連続形で seem を使用しません。
She seems very young to be a teacher.
ない: She is seeming …のようです
I seem to be the only person who hasn’t heard the news. (+ to 不定詞)
連結動詞と Seem れる
接続 Seem の後に形容詞、またはあまり一般的ではありませんが名詞が続くように見えます。
It seems strange that no one noticed that the window was broken. (+形容詞)
Glenda seems happier these days.
Buying a new car seems a complete waste of money to me. A used one would be just as good. (+名詞)
that 句、または as if または as though if と句を使用して、 it seems または it seemed に思われる非個人的な構成を使用できます。
It seems that the village shop will have to close down. They can’t find a buyer for it.
It seems as if he wants everyone to feel sorry for him, but I don’t.
It seemed as though time was standing still. She wanted that moment to last forever.
seem の後に節が続く場合、 to を使用して前置詞句を使用して、その状況を経験した人を指すことができます。
It seemed to everyone that the police were over-reacting, but no one dared to criticise them.
It seems to me as though she needs help.
It seems like 、節は it seems that よりも形式的ではありません…:
It seems like he’s going to sell his house and move to Canada. (より形式的な: he’s going to … It seems that
+ to 不定詞に Seem
seem to 不定詞と共に使用できます。
Tony always seems to offend people.
Everybody seemed to be ready, so we set off.
The old man seems to have mistaken us for some people he knew years ago.
また、名詞が後に続く、非人称構文 there seems to be または there seemed to be を使用することもできます。
There seems to be a mistake in these calculations. Can we check them?
There seemed to be no reason why she should not come with us, so we all travelled together.
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