indirect quotation

短语

[经] 间接估价单, 间接标(报)价

词形变化

indirect quotations 复数 indirect quotations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.

    She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."

    He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.

  2. 2.

    A rate in foreign currency.

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