seem
/siːm/
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(v) ဖြစ်ဟန်တူသည်။ စိတ်ထင်သည်။ ရှိဟန်တူသည်။ seems, seemed, seeming
seem /si:m/ v ~ (to sb) (to be) sth; ~ like sth (not used in continuous tenses)
ထင်ရသည်။ သဘောရသည်။ မြင်သည်။ She seems happy (to me). ❍ Do whatever seems best. ❍ It seems (to me) (to be) the best solution. ❍ It seemed like a disaster at the time. ❍ It seems (to me) that she's right. ❍ It would seem that…(ie a cautious way of saying‘It seems that…’) ❍ ‘She's leaving. ’‘So it seems (ie People say so). ’ ❍ They seem to know what they're doing. ❍ I can't seem to stop coughing. တဟွပ်ဟွပ်ချောင်းဆိုးတာ မရပ်ပဲ မရပ်နိုင်သလိုပါပဲ။
❏ it seems/seemed as if…/as though… [IDM ] ထင်ရသည်။ …ပုံပေါက်သည်။ It always seemed as if/though they would marry in the end.
❏ seeming adj (fml ) ထင်ရသော။ …ဟန်ရှိသော။ အပြင်ပန်း။ အပေါ်ယံ။ seeming intelligence/interest/anger ❍ Despite his seeming deafness, he could hear every word.
❏ seemingly adv အမြင်အားဖြင့်။ အပြင်ပန်းအားဖြင့်။ They were seemingly unaware of the decision.
- John seems nice.
- [seem happy/genuine/relaxed etc to someone] : He seems happy enough to me.
- [seem like] : Going out for lunch seemed like a good idea.
- [seem to do something] : She seemed to take very good care of herself.
- [seem (to be) someone/something] : Susan seems like a very sensible person.
- [it (that)] : It seems there’s going to be a slight delay.
- [seem to have done something] : I seem to have forgotten your name.
- [can’t seem to do something] : We can’t seem to get this computer to work.
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