Definition of indirect speech in English:

indirect speech

noun

another term for reported speech
Example sentencesExamples
- It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat.
- Searle generally categorizes such examples as indirect speech, whereas Habermas does not count them as communicative action.
- Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech.
- There was a lot of indirect speech, and long passages of dense prose.
- Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally.

Definition of indirect speech in US English:

indirect speech

nounˈˌindəˈˌrekt ˈspēCHˈˌɪndəˈˌrɛkt ˈspitʃ

another term for reported speech
Example sentencesExamples
- Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech.
- Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally.
- There was a lot of indirect speech, and long passages of dense prose.
- It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat.
- Searle generally categorizes such examples as indirect speech, whereas Habermas does not count them as communicative action.

单词	indirect speech
释义	Definition of indirect speech in English: indirect speech noun another term for reported speech Example sentencesExamples It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat. Searle generally categorizes such examples as indirect speech, whereas Habermas does not count them as communicative action. Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech. There was a lot of indirect speech, and long passages of dense prose. Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally. Definition of indirect speech in US English: indirect speech nounˈˌindəˈˌrekt ˈspēCHˈˌɪndəˈˌrɛkt ˈspitʃ another term for reported speech Example sentencesExamples Today, they slyly tried to report indirect speech as direct speech. Their problem is to understand when people talk in indirect speech and use irony, idioms and metaphors because they take each sentence literally. There was a lot of indirect speech, and long passages of dense prose. It is not used in indirect speech, because a reported question is part of a statement: I asked you whether you wanted more to eat. Searle generally categorizes such examples as indirect speech, whereas Habermas does not count them as communicative action.
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