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

• When recounting a story, or an encounter with someone else, it's now quite common to hear the speaker introducing each piece of reported speech with the word'like '.
  在重述自己和别人的一则故事或遭遇时，如今十分常听到说话者用”like“这个词来复述谈话中的每句话。
• 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。
• Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.
  在转述对话时必须遵循一定的语法规则。
• In comparison, the New York Times pay more attention on faults of people; reported disaster richer in depth; more concerned about the economic impact of the disaster; enriched their coverage through the diversification of news sources; and mutual coordination between speech versions and coverage.
  相较而言，《纽约时报》注重探寻天灾中的人祸；报道更富深度；更加关注灾难的经济影响；通过多元化的新闻来源丰富其报道；并以开放的言论版呼应灾难报道。
• Use reported speech to report questions.
  用间接引语来转述问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• In all of those examples, although I am telling you what happened and what was said, I am not using reported speech.
  在以上所有的例句中，尽管我是在讲述所发生的事情和说话内容，但是一个间接引语也没有用到。
• 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。
• 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。