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 and the Development of Oral Communication Ability in College English Education
  间接言语行为与大学英语口语交际能力培养
• 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。
• The Application of Indirect Speech Act Theory to the Teaching of English Reading& Taking Chrysanthemum As an Example
  间接言语行为理论在英语阅读教学中的运用&以《菊花》为例
• Metonymic Study on Indirect Speech Act from Pragmatic-cognitive Perspective
  认知语用视域下间接言语行为转喻研究
• "He said he was hungry" is an example of indirect speech.
  他说他很饿是间接引语的例子。
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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？
• 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。