indirect speech

英 [ˌɪndərekt ˈspiːtʃ]

美 [ˌɪndərekt ˈspiːtʃ]

n.  间接引语

柯林斯词典

• 间接引语
  Indirect speechis speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 indirect discourse

双语例句

• This paper shows that indirect speech act is metonymic by nature within the framework of Speech Act Scenario and Event Cognitive Model.
  文章在“言语行为场景”和“事件域认知模型”理论框架内阐述间接言语行为的转喻性质。
• The non-conventional indirect speech act with implied negation is a linguistic phenomenon which has the negative meaning without negative structure.
  隐含否定的非规约性间接言语行为是表达层面上不具备否定的形式，但却具有否定内容的语言现象。
• Turn the following sentences into direct Speech or Indirect Speech.
  把下列句子变成直接引语或间接引语。
• A Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Indirect Speech Act in Intercultural Communication
  跨文化交际中的英汉间接言语行为对比研究
• Please learn indirect speech.
  请你学习间接引语。
• The paper focuses on the translation of direct speech and free indirect speech and thought.
  分类中的直接引语和自由间接引语及思想的翻译问题是本文的主要研究对象。
• If someone says "jane said that she couldn't help it" to report that Jane had said "I couldn't help it", they are using indirect speech.
  如果某人说“简说她无能为力”来报道简说过“我无能为力”，那么他在使用间接引语。
• Change the direct speech of the following sentence into the indirect speech.
  把下列句中的直接引语改成间接引语。
• Pragmatic fuzziness produces humor mainly by threeapproaches: conversational implicature, indirect speech act and rhetorical devices.
  从语用层面的模糊来看，主要是通过运用会话含义、间接言语行为和修辞手法来制造幽默的，而且这三种方法都是通过产生言外之意来达到制造幽默的目的的。
• Cognitive and Metonymic Inference of Indirect Speech Act and Its Practicality Analysis
  间接言语行为认知转喻推理及其实践性分析