indirect speech (also reported speech)

(grammar) reporting of what sb has said (as compared with direct reproduction of sb's words) 间接引语: In indirect speech, `He said, ``I will come''' becomes `He said he would come.' ｀他说: 　我要来.　＇在间接引语中变成｀他说他要来.＇

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