Basic English Vocabulary - SEEM

Hi, again. I'm Adam. Welcome back to www.engvid.com. Today's lesson is about the verb "seem", okay?

你好，我們又見面了。我是亞當。歡迎回到www.engvid.com。 今天的教訓是關於動詞“似乎”，好嗎？

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這是印度尼西亞的希拉要求的 在我們的Facebook頁面上。如果你想做

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任何要求 課，請問。

Today, we're going to look at the verb "seem". Now, this is a verb that creates a lot of

今天，我們要看動詞“似乎”。 現在，這是一個創造了很多的動詞

problems for students because it's not an action verb and it's not a "be" verb. It's

學生的問題，因為它不是一個 動詞動詞，它不是一個“be”動詞。它的

somewhere in between, okay? Actually, we call this a "state verb",

介於兩者之間，好嗎？其實， 我們稱之為“狀態動詞”，

but I'll explain that again after.

但我會解釋一下 再過一次。

So for example, you've heard this sentence, "You seem happy." Or, "you seem upset." What

所以，例如，你聽過這句話， “你貌似挺開心。”或者，“你看起來很沮喪。”什麼

does that mean? Does that mean that you are happy or that you are upset? Maybe. I don't

這是什麼意思？這是否意味著你 高興還是你心煩意亂？也許。我不

actually know. This is just what I think. Or, "He seems to be a pilot." It means, "I

實際上知道。這正是我的想法。 或者，“他似乎是一名飛行員。”這意味著，“我

think he's a pilot, but I don't know." So basically, "seems" means something looks like

認為他是一名飛行員，但我不知道。“所以 基本上，“似乎”意味著看起來像

something or it feels like something but it's not necessarily true. It's probably true because

什麼東西或感覺像是什麼，但事實並非如此 必然如此。這可能是真的，因為

that's the image or the impression that we have, but we don't know for sure if this is

這就是我們的形像或印象 有，但我們不確定這是不是

what that is or the situation is true. Okay? So it's something that you think but you're

這是什麼或情況是真的。好的？ 所以這是你想的，但你是

not sure about. It's more like an opinion or even a guess. Okay? So that's the hardest

不確定。這更像是一種觀點或者 甚至猜測。好的？所以這是最難的

part about "seem" because it's not saying something is or isn't. It's something maybe.

部分關於“似乎”，因為它不是說 某事是或不是。這可能是件事。

What's the difference between "you seem happy" and "you are happy"? "You are happy" means

“你好像很開心”之間的區別是什麼？ 和“你快樂”？ “你很開心”的意思

-- this is a declarative. This is true. This is the case. This is the situation. "Happy"

- 這是一個聲明。這是真的。這個 是這樣的。情況就是這樣。 “快樂”

describes "you". "You seem happy" means you're smiling, but maybe you're very sad and you're

描述“你”。 “你似乎很開心”意味著你 微笑，但也許你很傷心，你也是

just hiding it. Or maybe you're very, very -- you seem very calm, but you're really upset, right?

只是隱藏它。或許你非常，非常 - 你 看起來很平靜，但你真的很難過，對嗎？

So "seem" -- all that "seem" means is the appearance, nothing else. It's not true. It's

所以“似乎” - 所有“看起來”的意思都是 外表，沒有別的。這不是真的。它的

not untrue. Okay? We're going to look at a couple more examples, and you'll have a better

並非不真實。好的？我們要看一下 更多的例子，你會有更好的

idea of what I'm talking about.

我正在談論的是什麼。

Okay. So let's look at something else now. Remember I said that "seem" is a state verb.

好的。那麼現在讓我們看看別的東西吧。 記得我說過“似乎”是一個狀態動詞。

What does that mean? It means you can never use it with an -ing. You can never say, "He

那是什麼意思？這意味著你永遠不會 與-ing一起使用它。你永遠不能說，“他

is seeming nice" or, "She is seeming to be" -- something else. Right? So it's never used

看似很好“或”，她似乎是“ - 別的。對？所以它從未使用過

as an-ing. That's one thing.

作為一個。這是一回事。

If you want to talk about a particular quality of somebody -- like, you want to talk about

如果你想談論一個特定的質量 某人 - 比如說，你想談談

something specific. Not about the person, maybe about what the person does. So,

特定的東西。不是關於這個人， 也許是關於這個人做了什麼。所以，

"She seems to be good at her job." In this case, you must add the "to be". Before, we wanted

“她似乎很擅長工作。”在這種情況下， 你必須添加“待”。以前，我們想要

to use a noun after "seem", so we used "to be". Now, we are using an adjective, but you

在“似乎”之後使用名詞，所以我們用“to 現在，我們正在使用形容詞，但是你

still have to use "to be" because I'm not describing "her". I'm describing a quality

仍然必須使用“成為”，因為我不是 描述“她”。我在描述一種品質

of "her". Okay. So that's the main thing.

“她”。好的。所以 這是主要的事情。

Now, I said you can never use "seem" with-ing. But here, you're looking at this word and

現在，我說過你永遠不能使用“似乎”。 但在這裡，你正在看這個詞和

going, "What's going on? There's an-ing." But there's also an-ly. This is an adverb,

去吧，“發生什麼事了？還有一個問題。” 但也有一些。這是一個副詞，

adverb that is telling you something about the adjective. So let's look at these three sentences.

副詞，告訴你一些關於 形容詞。那麼讓我們來看看這三個句子。

"He is nice." If I said, "He is nice", is he nice? Yes. This is just stating a fact.

“他很好。”如果我說，“他很好”，是 他很好嗎？是。這只是陳述一個事實。

It's a declarative sentence. If I say, "He seems nice", is he nice? Maybe, but probably.

這是一個陳述性的句子。如果我說，“他 看起來不錯“，他很好嗎？也許，但可能。

Okay? But this one is a little bit tricky. If I say, "He seems nice", he's probably nice.

好的？但這個有點棘手。如果 我說，“他看起來很好”，他可能很好。

If I say, "He is seemingly nice", what does that mean? It's a little bit tricky. It means

如果我說，“他看起來很好”，那會是什麼 那意思是？這有點棘手。它的意思是

he is acting nice, but he's not really nice. Tricky, isn't it? "Seemingly nice" means he's

他表現得很好，但他並不是很好。 整蠱，不是嗎？ “看似很好”意味著他

putting on this impression, but there's a reason he's putting it on. He's not really

留下這種印象，但有一個 他之所以穿上它。他不是真的

nice. He's just pretending to be nice.

不錯。他只是 假裝好。

So you have three different sentences, and "seems" and "seemingly" -- completely different

所以你有三個不同的句子，和 “似乎”和“看似” - 完全不同

meanings, completely different idea behind them. Okay? So it's a little bit tricky.

意義，背後完全不同的想法 他們。好的？所以這有點棘手。

"He seems nice." "He seems to be good at his job." "He is seemingly nice." Three different

“他看起來很好。” “他似乎很擅長他的 工作。“”他看似很好。“三個不同

ways of using the verb "seem". Remember; we use it like an action verb, "he seems", "she

使用動詞“似乎”的方式。記得;我們 像動作動詞一樣使用它，“他似乎”，“她

seems", but never with-ing. Okay? So like an action verb for the "S"s, but it's like

似乎“，但從來沒有。好吧？好吧 “S”的動作動詞，但就像是

a "be" verb because there's no action. It's just a situation. Okay.

一個“be”動詞，因為沒有動作。 這只是一種情況。好的。

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