プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
かんせつ【間接】
間接の(に),間接的(に) indirect(ly)
彼は間接的に君のことを言ったのだ
What he said was an indirect reference to you./He was alluding to you.
彼が病気だということは間接的に聞いた
I heard indirectly [at second hand] that he was ill.
あの人は間接的に知っている
I know of him./〔友人などを通して〕I have heard of him.
間接喫煙
passive smoking
間接撮影
〔X線の〕fluoroscopy
間接消費税
an indirect consumption tax
間接照明
indirect illumination
間接税
an indirect tax;〔物品税〕an excise tax
間接選挙
indirect election;《米》 〔大統領選出の〕voting for presidential electors
間接伝染
indirect infection
間接費
(an) indirect cost, overhead costs;〔生産の〕indirect expenses
間接目的語
〔文法で〕an indirect object
間接話法
〔文法で〕indirect speech [narration]