reported speech

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reˌported ˈspeech ●○○ noun [uncountable] technical  SLGin grammar, words that are used to tell what someone says without repeating their actual words. ‘She said she didn’t feel well’ is an example of reported speech 间接引语 SYN indirect speech OPP direct speech

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reported speech• The directives had no application to parliamentary proceedings or elections and allowed reported speech.• Consider, for example, reported speech.• In standard reported speech, the words of the speaker typically undergo certain rule-governed transformations affecting pronouns and verb tenses.

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reported speech

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ˌindirect ˈspeech British English, indirect discourse American English (also reported speech) noun [uncountable] technical
a way of reporting what someone said without repeating their exact words. For example, in the sentence ‘Julia said that she didn’t want to go’, the clause ‘that she didn’t want to go’ is indirect speech. Her actual words were ‘I don’t want to go’. ⇨ direct speech

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reˌported ˈspeech noun [uncountable] technical
in grammar, words that are used to tell what someone says without repeating their actual words. ‘She said she didn’t feel well’ is an example of reported speech
   SYN  indirect speech
   OPP  direct speech

reported speechBrE /rɪˌpɔːtɪd ˈspiːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˌpɔːrtɪd ˈspiːtʃ/ 🔊 (also ˌindirect ˈspeech) noun [uncountable] (grammar 语法) a report of what sb has said that does not use their exact words 间接引语◆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。🔊🔊