He seems (to be) a fool. 他似乎是个笨蛋。
他似乎是个笨蛋。
三、后接非谓语动词时后接不定式的被动式时,有时可以省略to be,而只保留过去分词(尤其是当其中的过去分词可用作形容词时更是如此)。如:。如:Ann and Robert seem (to be) made for each other. 安和罗伯特真似天生的一对。 She didn’t seem (to be) convinced by the argument. 这个论点似乎没有使她信服。但后接不定式的进行式时,通常不能省略to be,因为seem后习惯上不接现在分词作表语。所以,下面各句中的to be后习惯上不接现在分词作表语。所以,下面各句中的均不宜省略:He seems to be saying something. 他似乎在说什么。History seems to be repeating itself. 历史似乎在重演。His health seems to be improving little by little. 他健康状况看来正在好转。seem to be doing sth结构中的doing 不是现在分词,而是形容词,则可省略其中的to be。如:His idea seems (to be) exciting. 他的主意看来令人激动。
She seemed (to be) lacking in enthusiasm. 她似乎缺乏热情。
四、用于there be结构时当seem用于there be结构时,其通常的表现形式为There seems to be…,其中的to be可以省略,也可以保留,但以保留为多见。如:There seems to be something wrong here. 这儿好像有点不大对劲。 There seems to be a mistake in these figures. 这些数字中好像有个错误。 There seemed (to be) nobody about, so I went in. 附近似乎没有人,因此我就走了进去。There seems (to be) every reason to believe that business will get better. 看来完全有理由相信生意会转好。注:省略to be后,seem便直接充当了be的作用。
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