「seem & appear」的差異在於描述主觀或客觀？
seem 和 appear 都有「好像；似乎」的意思，用法也很類似，甚至常可互換，不過語氣上， seem 多以「主觀感受」做推測，appear 則多根據眼前所見的「客觀事實」來描述。因此同一個句子使用 seem 和 appear 時意思可說是相同的，不同之處僅在於說話者推測事情的主客觀程度。
以下句型用法：
➀ S + seem/appear + adj.
➁ S + seem/appear + to V
→It + seems /appears (+ that) + S + V…
School seems/appears difficult for Michael, who is struggling in all his classes.
學校課業對麥可來說似乎很難，他每堂課都上得很吃力。
The rain seems/appears to be stopping, so maybe we can go out soon.
雨看起來好像快停了，我們或許等等就可以出門。
This car doesn't appear to be big enough for our family.
這輛車對我們家來說似乎不夠大。
Frank seems to have come in late for work again today.
→ It seems (that) Frank has come in late for work again today.
法蘭克似乎今天上班又遲到了。
！！ seem 後面加 like + N 表示「像…」。（appear 沒有此句型）
Computers are getting really smart; they sometimes seem like real people.
電腦變得愈來愈聰明，有時候就像真人一樣。
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