apologize/appear/seem/look用法 1、apologize  apologize是不及物动词，意为“道歉”，其表达式为“apologize to sb.for sth.”。如： You must apologize to your sister for being so rude.它的名词形式是apology, 复数形式是apologizes. make one’s apologies to sb. for sth.= make an apology to sb. for sth.如： He make his apologies to me for coming late. 2、appear As a result, it appered to scientists on earth that the stars had moved.因此，地球上的科学家看来，恒星好像是移动了。 句型：It appears/seems(to sb.) +that—clause.看来/似乎是…… ①It appears to me that something is wrong.我看好像有点不大对头。 ②It appears that he will the prize.看来他会得笑。 初二下册英语电子课本 速记英语单词的方法 高中英语课本人教版 appear/seem/look appear, seem, look都有“看起来似……”之意，但其暗含意思和用法又各有不同。 从意义上讲： (1)appear强调外表给人的印象，有时含实质上并非如此的意思，如： He appears to know more than he really does。他看起来好像懂得很多。（其实懂得没有那么多） (2)seem暗示有一定根据的判断，这种判断往往接近事实，如： His health seems to be better.他的健康状况似乎有所好转。 (3)look着重由视觉得出的印象，如： He doesn’t look his age.他看起来比实际年龄年轻（或老成）。 从用法上讲： seem和appear后可加 (to + be)+表语(adj.或n.或prep.) +to v. It + ~ +(that)从句如： He seems/appears（to be）very sad today.=It seems that he is very sad today. It seems like years since I saw you last time. He seems a kind doctor.（=It seems that he is a kind doctor.） He seems/appears to have caught a cold.=It seems/appears that he has caught a cold. 3、look look当“看起来似乎…和as if从句。如：He looks strong.    She looks like her mother.    It looks as if we are going to miss the train.…”讲时，可接形容词、过去分词、名词、介词短语 I still remember ______ this used to be a quiet village. ( NMET1993) A. when B. how C. where D. what  答案A。根据从句中缺少的句子成分是状语，排除D．what，而答案C, D均与题意不符，所以应选A．when。used to be表示一种过去存在的状态，本句的意思是“我仍然记得这里在什么时候是个宁静的地方。” I read about it in some book or other，does it matter ____ it was？（2001春季招生）  A．where B．what C．how D．which  答案D。这是一个主语从句。主语从句中缺少表语。从上句的意思分析，应是哪本书，所以要填which，这句话的意思是“我在某本书中读到过有关这方面的内容，是哪一本书重要吗？”。