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单词 indirect object
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Definition of indirect object in English:

indirect object

noun
Grammar
  • A noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g. him in give him the book).

    Compare with direct object
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I tried not to think about anything but our direct and indirect objects review for the rest of class.
    • Yes, I didn't know what the difference between a direct and an indirect object was until I was in my 20s.
    • Using a straight news story, circle all the direct objects in blue, the indirect objects in red, and the objects of prepositions in green.
    • And Russian is a case language so they also had to differentiate between direct and indirect objects.
    • However, some transitive verbs take a prepositional phrase instead of an indirect object.
 
 

Definition of indirect object in US English:

indirect object

nounˈˌindəˈˌrekt ˈäbjəktˈˌɪndəˈˌrɛkt ˈɑbdʒəkt
Grammar
  • A noun phrase referring to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g. him in give him the book).

    Compare with direct object
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yes, I didn't know what the difference between a direct and an indirect object was until I was in my 20s.
    • Using a straight news story, circle all the direct objects in blue, the indirect objects in red, and the objects of prepositions in green.
    • And Russian is a case language so they also had to differentiate between direct and indirect objects.
    • I tried not to think about anything but our direct and indirect objects review for the rest of class.
    • However, some transitive verbs take a prepositional phrase instead of an indirect object.
 
 
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