系动词appear与look用法疑问
2024-12-10 09:44:12 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
It ______ impossible to come to an end of the affair.
A. make B. appears C. looks D. seems
答案 B 和 C 选哪个?请专家老师解惑。
老师答疑
陈老师:
It seems impossible to come to an end of the affair.
参考译文:结束此事似乎/好像是不可能的。
A. make B. appears C. looks D. seems
答案 B 和 C 选哪个?请专家老师解惑。
解答如下:
以上D为正确答案。根据讲话的理性分析获得一种接近事实的判断。
(1)look 显得;看上去 (强调视觉上获得第1直观印象和感觉,即眼睛看到后产生的第1印象和感觉。)
(英文解释:You use look when describing the appearance of a person or thing or the impression that they give.)
Sheila was looking miserable.
希拉看上去愁眉苦脸的。
I shall use the money to make my home look lovely.
我要用这笔钱把家里搞得漂漂亮亮的。
(2)seem好像;似乎;看来 (通过对所出现的情况进行理性分析获得一种判断)
(英文解释:You use seem to say that someone or something gives the impression of having a particular quality, or of happening in the way you describe.)
We heard a series of explosions. They seemed quite close by.
我们听到一连串的爆炸声,似乎就在附近。
Everyone seems busy except us.
除了我们,大家好像都很忙碌。
(3)看起来;显得(强调对方特意给某人制造出具有某种特点/特征的情况,往往这种特征并非属实,含有故意装出来的含义。)
( 英文解释:If someone or something appears to have a particular quality or characteristic, they give the impression of having that quality or characteristic.)
She did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt.
她竭力让自己表现得比实际更自信。
He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
他急于想表现得像个绅士。
曹老师:
appear 是指根据事物的外表表象做出判断的,但实质上并不一定如此;
如: She is 40,but she appears 18.(这里不能用seem)
seem是表示说话人主观上的判断,暗含有一定的根据,往往接近事实的判断;
如你看到一个女孩,你猜她的年龄在18岁左右。为了给自己留有余地,你会说:
She seems (to be) 18.
有时说话人为了礼貌,对自己已经认定的事实通过seem来委婉地表达。如:
You seem (to be) wrong. 这比直接说:You are wrong更容易让对方接受。
look是根据视觉印象而得出的判断,实质上也可能如此。如:
She looks beautiful. (在视觉上呈现出的特征。)
本题中的判断不可能用生理上的视觉得出,因此首先排除look.
用seem表示说话人对自己的判断有相当的把握,但留有一些余地。
用appear表示从表象上看不可能,但也不一定。
在没有上下文的情况下,我个人认为,seem应该是最佳选择。appear有些勉强。look和make不考虑。
蒋老师:
选 appear 更合适,因为 look 主要指视觉印象。