reported speech

英 [rɪˌpɔːtɪd ˈspiːtʃ]

美 [rɪˌpɔːrtɪd ˈspiːtʃ]

n.  间接引语

牛津词典

noun

• 间接引语
  a report of what sb has said that does not use their exact words
  1. In reported speech, ‘I'll come later’ becomes ‘He said he'd come later’.
     在间接引语中，I'll come later变为He said he'd come later。

柯林斯词典

• 间接引语
  Reported 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, use 美国英语用 indirect discourse

双语例句

• If you don't pause, it sounds like you are using reported speech, and so then your grammar is wrong, because you haven't changed the question grammar.
  如果不停顿，听起来就会像是在用间接引语，如此一来就会犯语法上的错误，因为你没有改变语序。
• Use reported speech to talk about what someone else said.
  用间接引语谈论其他人说的话。
• The paper reported the salient points of the prime minister's speech.
  这张报纸报道了首相演说的突出要点。
• Tannen explores the conversational functions of reported speech in oral communication.
  Tannen探讨的是口头会话中转述语的功能。
• Free Indirect Speech is one of the major types of reported speech.
  自由间接话语是转述语的主要类型之一。
• As The Economist went to press, on the eve of the king's birthday, he was reported to be unwell, and unable to deliver his usual annual speech to the nation.
  《经济学人》发稿之前，在普密蓬国王生日的前夜，他说身体不适不能发表他的年度讲话。
• On pragmatics rules in the reported speech
  试论转述引语的语用规则
• The analysis shows that multiple voices are introduced into discourse by three major systems of linguistic resources: reported speech, modality and concession.
  分析表明，新闻语篇的对话性主要通过言语转述、情态、让步三大常用的语言资源系统实现的。
• The statistical results of some preliminary experiments for isolated Chinese words are reported, which can be used as reference in the phonemes recognition of Chinese speech.
  文中还给出了应用该算法对汉语单音所作的部分实验统计结果，可供进一步开展基于音素或音位的汉语语音识别研究参考。
• A Critical Analysis of Reported Speech in News Report
  新闻报道转述引语的批评性分析