Although Hagrid seemed to know where he was going

Everyone seemed to know Hagrid

seem 的用法：

seem可用作连系动词或不及物动词，意为“似乎；好像”，其常见用法现归纳如下：

1. “主语+ seem +（to be ）+表语”，表语多为名词或形容词，有时是其他的词或短语，以说明主语的特征或状态。例如：
Tom seems （to be ） a very clever boy. 汤姆看上去是一个非常聪明的男孩。
The man over there seems to be a new teacher. 那边的那个人看上去像一个新老师。
Mr Black seemed to be quite happy. 布莱克先生好像十分快乐。
This small town seems changed a little. 这个小城镇似乎有点儿变化。

2. “主语+ seem + 不定式”，此句型中的seem与不定式一起构成复合谓语。例如：

Mrs Green doesn't seem （或seems not ） to like the idea. 格林夫人似乎不太喜欢这个主意。
The children seemed to be eating something in the room. 孩子们好像正在房间里吃东西呢。
The young man seemed to have changed much. 这个年轻人看起来变化很大。

3. “It seems + that从句”，其中it 是形式主语，that引导主语从句。例如：

It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park. 似乎没有人知道在公园里发生了什么事。
It seems to me that Mr Brown will not come again. 在我看来布朗先生不会再来了。

4. “There + seem to be +名词”，其中to be 可省略。seem 的单复数形式要根据后面作主语的名词的单复数形式而定。例如：

There doesn't seem to be much hope of our beating that team. 看来我们战胜那个队没有多大希望。
There seems no need to wait longer. 看来没有再等的必要了。

cook up 意思是：编造假的理由来掩盖事实，而这样做往往是为了欺骗某人，或者为了摆脱自己所处的困境。我们来举一个例子。这是一个人下了班在酒吧间里跟朋友一起喝酒聊天。他偶然看了一下手表。突然，他想起他该去他太太的办公室去接她回家。他紧张地说：

例句: Oh, no! It's after seven o'clock and I promised Susan I'd meet her in front of her office right at six. I better cook up a good story or I'll be in big trouble.

这位丈夫说：啊呀，已经七点多了。我答应苏珊六点钟在她办公室门口等她的。我得想出一个好一点的理由来解释为什么迟到一个多小时，否则我可真是麻烦了。