oblique speech

修辞法不可算名詞

(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.

日本語の意味

元の発言者の言い回しとは異なる人称や形式で引用される発言、つまり間接引用や間接話法を指す

The historian argued that the politician's oblique speech masked his true intentions.

歴史家は、政治家の間接話法が彼の本当の意図を覆い隠していると主張した。

意味（1）

(rhetoric) Speech which is quoted indirectly, or in a different person from that employed by the original speaker.