5 It seems as if...与It seems that...有何区别

It seems as if...与It seems that...有区别吗?如:

It seems as if everybody else knew except me. 

It seems that everybody else knew except me. 

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最佳答案 2017-08-29 14:08

it seems as if和it seems that有如下区别:

第一,it seems that结构中的it永远是无实义的形式主语,因为我们不能说that ...... seems.

但是it seems as if结构中的it既可以是形式主语,也可以是真正的代词。在语料库中我们可以看到如下例句:

She seems as if she has doubts about having asked Harry to leave.

The past seems as if it had to happen the way it did.

第二,it seems that结构中从句只能是陈述语气,而it seems as if结构中从句既可是陈述语气,也可是虚拟语气。

第三,it seems that和it seems as if + 陈述语气一般用来表达说话人认为的真实情况,如

It seems that your uncle is seriously ill.

而it seems as if + 虚拟语气一般用来表达比喻,即说话人知道事实上不是这样,如

It seems as if the organ had been prepared in anticipation of the future progress in man, since it contains latent capacities which are useless to him in his earlier condition. (但是根据进化论我们知道事实上不大可能是这样的)

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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

补充一点。

It seems that...这个结构中如果it是形式主语,就应该有that...seems这种结构,尽管句子会显得头重脚轻,但至少在理论上应该可以。但实际上根本不存在这样的结构。由此可知it不是形式主语,that从句不是主语从句,而是表语从句。It不是人称代词,而是类似于表示时间、天气的It,不过在seem前,它表示”情况"“the situation"。因此这个句子应该分析为主系表结构。

同样的道理,It seems as if...这个结构中,It也不是形式主语,因为as if不可能是真正主语从句。这个it和It seems that...结构中的It是同一个it。仍然是主系表结构。as if是表语从句而不是状语从句。as if=as it would be if。即as if是as从句和if从句的缩合。其中if从句修饰as从句。而as从句是可以做表语的。

as从句作表语是形容词性表语,表示主语的特征、性质等。that从句做表语是名词性的,即主语是什么,二者的关系类似于同位关系。这就是为什么It seems that结构中It不能换成其它代词,因为没有其它代词能够用that从句作表语,表示同位关系。而It seems as if结构的主语却可以换成其它人称代词甚至名词,因为as if从句做表语仍然可以描述不同主语的样子(外显的特征)。

在意义上,It seems that...说话人对that从句的真实性基本是肯定的,只是为了礼貌或留有余地而采用了这个结构。而It seems as if...说话人并没有表示出,that从句那种肯定意义,而只是说从表象上看似乎是如此。

 

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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
擅长:数词用法,存在句,英语考试

    《薄冰英语惯用法词典》指出:“It seems that...是个常用句型,......该句型中的 that 具有多变性,可由 as if 替换 ......”

    所以,It seems as if...与It seems that...没有什么区别,几乎可以互换使用。

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曾克辉  
擅长:英语考试

没有什么区别。在这种句式中,美国人常用like或that作连词替代as if,但在It looks之后通常不用that从句。如:

It looks as if (like) it’s spelled wrong. 看起来像是拼错了。

It seems as if (like / that) you are the first one here. 看起来你是第一个来这儿的。

▲ 有时候as if从句里所用的时态不同,意思也就不同。如:

He walks as if he is drunk.(很可能喝醉了)

He walks as if he were drunk.(很可能没喝醉)


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