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

• Indirect speech acts can be used for the presentation of mutual social distance, or the evasion of some subtle problems, and some linguistic skills for reaching certain purposes in communication.
  人们对间接言语行为的使用是为了表现人际之间的社交距离，或者体现人际之间对某些敏感问题的回避态度，间接言语行为还体现了人们为达到某一目的时所使用的语言技巧。
• 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。
• The Context Analysis of Indirect Speech Act in the Story of Red Mansion
  《红楼梦》对话中的间接言语行为的语境分析
• Translation trainees also need to be familiar with the syntax of indirect speech and various figures of speech in the source language such as hyperbole, irony, meiosis, and implicatures.
  翻译实践者还应熟悉间接引语的句式，和源语言中各种修辞手法，如夸张、反语、缓叙和言外之意。
• Can you find out the difference between direct speech and indirect speech?
  你能找出直接引语与间接引语之间的区别吗？
• Change the sentences from indirect speech to direct speech.
  把间接引语变成直接引语。
• "He said he was hungry" is an example of indirect speech.
  他说他很饿是间接引语的例子。
• Direct speech is easier than indirect speech.
  直接引语比间接引语简单。
• 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。
• 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。