说明
- Do let your mother know all the truth. She appears ____ everything. A. to tell B. to be told C. to be telling D. to have been told(上海高考,01-29)
核心问题
《英语考试向导》1999年第10期说seem和look可以接as if从句，而appear却不能。我在其他英语著作中也看到过类似的说法。appear真的不能接as if从句吗？
词典解答
appear 既可接 that 从句,亦可接 as if (as though) 从句,但从属连词 that 和 as if (as though) 可以省略(见 It seems that):
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It appears that he is wrong. 似乎是他错了。
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It appears as if/as though I was wrong. 好像是我错了。
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He placed the gun next to the body, so as to make it appear as if the victim had shot himself. 他把枪放在尸体旁，好像是受害者自杀似的。