- 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
单词 | indirect speech |
释义 | Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: indirect speech, esp US indirect discourse n
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