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

• 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。
• This paper discusses the tense and aspect of English verbs, and the important influence of free indirect speech on description of the characters, phychological movement, and the characters idea.
  本研究系统分析了英语动词进行体的使用特点，并运用标记理论重点探讨了进行体的有标记使用特征。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As a characteristic speech mode in narrative fiction, Free Indirect Speech has been one of the major concerns of critics since it was discovered by grammarians at the end of the19th century.
  作为小说话语中一种颇具特色的表现模式，自由间接引语自19世纪末被语言学家们发现以来，一直受到人们极大的关注。
• 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
• "He said he was hungry" is an example of indirect speech.
  他说他很饿是间接引语的例子。
• On How to Maintain a Harmonious Balance between Non-verbal Behavior and Verbal Behavior in Cross-cultural Communication; Indirect Speech Acts& For Literal Meaning and Connotation
  论跨文化交际中非言语行为和言语行为的和谐统一日语中的非规约性间接言语行为&以言内之意和言外之意为中心
• 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。