reported speech

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarreported speechreˌported ˈspeech noun [uncountable] technical SLGin grammar, words that are used to tell what someone says without repeating their actual words. ‘She said she didn’t feel well’ is an example of reported speech SYN indirect speech OPP direct speechExamples from the Corpusreported speech• The directives had no application to parliamentary proceedings or elections and allowed reported speech.• Consider, for example, reported speech.• In standard reported speech, the words of the speaker typically undergo certain rule-governed transformations affecting pronouns and verb tenses.

单词	reported speech
释义	reported speech From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarreported speechreˌported ˈspeech ●○○ noun [uncountable] technical SLGin grammar, words that are used to tell what someone says without repeating their actual words. ‘She said she didn’t feel well’ is an example of reported speech SYN indirect speech OPP direct speechExamples from the Corpusreported speech• The directives had no application to parliamentary proceedings or elections and allowed reported speech.• Consider, for example, reported speech.• In standard reported speech, the words of the speaker typically undergo certain rule-governed transformations affecting pronouns and verb tenses.
随便看	give somebody an earful give somebody an inch and they’ll take a yard/mile give somebody control/authority/responsibility etc give somebody enough rope to hang themselves give somebody grief give somebody gyp give somebody hell give somebody ideas/put ideas into somebody’s head give somebody loyalty/obedience/respect give somebody pause (for thought) give somebody problems/trouble/difficulties give somebody shit give somebody short measure give somebody six months/three years etc give somebody some/enough etc rope give somebody something give somebody something for something give somebody something ↔ back give somebody the benefit of the doubt give somebody the bird give somebody the bum's rush give somebody the cold shoulder give somebody the come-on damning damnum