reported speech(也叫 indirect speech)指“转述/间接引语”:把别人说过的话用自己的话转述出来,通常不加引号,并可能根据时间、代词、时态等进行相应变化。(它与 direct speech 直接引语 相对。)
/rɪˈpɔːrtɪd spiːtʃ/
In reported speech, “I’m tired,” becomes “She said (that) she was tired.”
在转述语(间接引语)中,“I’m tired(我累了)”会变成“She said (that) she was tired(她说她累了)”。
The journalist used reported speech to summarize what the witnesses had told the police, changing pronouns and verb tenses for clarity.
记者用转述语来概括目击者对警方所说的话,为了清晰起见调整了代词和动词时态。
reported 来自动词 report(报告、转述),核心含义是“把信息再次说出来”;speech 指“言语/话语”。合起来就是“被转述出来的话语”,在语法教学中固定用来指“间接引语/转述结构”。