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indirect speech
reported speechWhen we tell other people what someone else told us, it is called indirect or reported speech. We use reporting verbs to introduce the information that was spoken previously.The most common so-called “reporting verbs” are say and tell. When we use tell, we need to use another person’s name, or a personal pronoun representing him or her, as an indirect object.Continue reading...indirect speech or indirect discoursen (Grammar) the reporting of something said or written by conveying what was meant rather than repeating the exact words, as in the sentence He asked me whether I would go as opposed to He asked me, "Will you go?". Also called: reported speech in′direct speech′
n. the reporting of what a speaker said consisting not of the speaker's exact words but of a version transformed for grammatical inclusion in a larger sentence, as in She said she wasn't going. Compare direct speech. Translationsindirect (indiˈrekt) adjective1. not leading straight to the destination; not direct. We arrived late because we took rather an indirect route. 迂回的 迂回的2. not straightforward. I asked her several questions but she kept giving me indirect answers. 不直截了當的 不直截了当的3. not intended; not directly aimed at. an indirect result. 間接的 间接的ˌindiˈrectness noun 間接 间接indirect object the word in a sentence which stands for the person or thing to or for whom something is given, done etc. In `Give me the book', `Tell the children a story', `Boil John an egg', me, the children and John are indirect objects. 間接受格 间接宾语indirect speech a person's words as they are reported rather than in the form in which they were said. He said that he would come is the form in indirect speech of He said `I will come'. 間接引語 间接引语Indirect Speech
reported speechWhen we tell other people what someone else told us, it is called indirect or reported speech. We use reporting verbs to introduce the information that was spoken previously.The most common so-called “reporting verbs” are say and tell. When we use tell, we need to use another person’s name, or a personal pronoun representing him or her, as an indirect object.Continue reading...Indirect Speech or indirect discourse, the speech of some person transmitted by a speaker (or writer) in a sentence clause subordinate to his own phrase, which introduces the discourse. During the transmission of indirect speech, the utterance is transformed according to certain rules. For example, the indirect speech of a third person is transmitted as (in Russian): On skazal, chto budet doma (”He said that he will be at home”). ThesaurusSeeindirect |