每日一句口语 49

It seems like... 那好像是……

用法透视

"It seems like..."的意思是“好像，仿佛感到”。"it"是形式主语，具体的内容在"like"后面。也可以说"it seems that..."。

支持范例

1. It seems like there are hundreds of people in the room, it's too crowded and noisy.

屋里好像有几百人，又挤有吵。

2. It seems that nobody knew what had happened.

好像没人知道发生了什么事。

3. It seems that something is wrong.

好像有什么事不对劲。

会话记忆

A: Mary, do you remember when we met?

玛丽，你还记得我们认识的时候吗？

B: I won't ever forget it! I was sitting in the cafeteria¹ all by myself...

我永远也忘不了！我当时一个人坐在自助餐厅……

A: And I came up and asked to sit by you...

而我走过来，要求坐在你旁边……

B: Oh, it seems like it was just yesterday.

哦，那好像是昨天刚发生的事一样。

多说两句：

一个跟seem意思相近的短语是as if，通常译作“仿佛、好像、似乎”，但二者有很大的区别。

as if 暗含的意思是“仿佛是，但实际上并不是”。例如：He talks about Rome² as if he had been there before（他说起罗马来好像他以前去过罗马似的）。

1 cafeteria   

n.自助餐厅

参考例句：

• In the cafeteria we serve ourselves.在自助餐馆我们是自己拿菜的。
• I can't stand eating in the cafeteria.我实在不想在自助食堂吃了。

2 Rome   

n.罗马(意大利首都)

参考例句：

• I have not been to either Paris or Rome.我既没有到过巴黎也没有到过罗马。
• We're leaving for Rome next week.我们下星期要到罗马去。