There are two methods of disclosing cash flows from operating activities: the direct method and the indirect method.

披露经营活动产生的现金流量有两种方法：直接法和间接法。

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This paper is to discuss the unity of opposites in terms of the direct speech act and the indirect speech act, direct tests and indirect tests, and the direct method and the indirect method.

这种对立统一主要体现在直接言语行为和间接言语行为、直接测试和间接测试以及直接教学法和间接教学法三方面。

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A direct means is required to calibrate the indirect method.

要求用直接测定法校正间接测定法。

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This is called an indirect method because the ink is put on the cut form before it goes on the paper.

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The second, the indirect method, is to buy companies that deal in commodities.

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For some investors, the direct method of investment in commodities may be the better investment decision because the indirect method can expose investors to additional risks.

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The SSRIs' more indirect method of action is likely the reason why there is a lag time before patients feel relief from depressive symptoms, says Ronald S. Duman, professor of psychiatry and neurobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.

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