词组 | reported speech |
释义 | reported speech 【问】 He admitted that he has received money from the agent of a foreign power. 上句中的that从句应当使用had received,才符合时态呼应原则。这种破坏时态呼应原则的用法,是否应被看成错误? 【答】 为了表示“承认”(admitted)与间接引语中的“接受”(had received)时间上的先后关系,当然要说:He admitted that he had received...但是,正象语言学家A.S.Hornby所指出的那样,法庭上的辩护律师或证人通常要说:He admitted that he has received...为什么呢?这是因为说话人所陈述的事件是与目前的审讯有直接联系的。(参见sequence of tenses,indirectspeech) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第977-978页. |
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