verbal

Word family

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verb·al1 /ˈvɜːbəl $ ˈvɜːr-/ adjectiveadj

1 SPEAK A LANGUAGEspoken rather than written 口头的，非书面的

verbal agreement/instructions etc 口头协议/指示等

2 WORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCErelating to words or using words 与言辞有关的，用言辞的；文字上的

verbal skills

语言技能

verbal abuse (=cruel words) from other kids on the street

街上其他孩子的谩骂

3 SLGrelating to a verb 动词的

verbal nouns

动名词

—verbally adverbadv

Her boss failed to stop the other workers from verbally abusing her.

她的老板没能阻止其他员工对她的谩骂。

Examples from the Corpus

verbal• verbal abuse• We had a verbal agreement but no written contract.• This was an untruth-there had been a clear verbal agreement that he would be reimbursed for all his costs.• Federal authorities gave Alascom verbal approval to begin the project.• One month after the tests, his teacher wrote the following entry: Harold has become quite verbal but otherwise progressed little.• Some very verbal children may be overreactive to noise and certain types of touch and visual input.• The physical part made up for the shallowness of verbal communication.• verbal communication• Your prime objective should assist you in coming to terms with the most limiting aspect of verbal presentations.• And he held the elements of mental propositions to be ideas, just as those of verbal propositions are words.• A verbal report will usually be enough.• verbal skill• Normally a language is developed by human beings from guttural sounds that eventually become verbal symbols for objects and actions.

verbal agreement/instructions etc• It's only a verbal agreement.• Photographs of children carrying out each step provide visual reinforcement of the verbal instructions.• The conference sponsors claimed that there was never even a verbal agreement, and refused to pay.• Your verbal agreement is less important to the child than your interest in how he is feeling.• The learner acts appropriately on receiving verbal instructions or requests.• This was an untruth-there had been a clear verbal agreement that he would be reimbursed for all his costs.• They are non-verbal tests, though there are verbal instructions which had to be translated into sign for deaf participants.

verbal abuse• A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse.• Some 30 % of exclusions were for bullying, and a further 14.9 % for verbal abuse.• There were the violent outbursts, way out of proportion to any wrong done, and constant verbal abuse.• They had descended to their usual shouting of verbal abuse.• A solid majority shows strong correlation with disrespectful behavior, verbal abuse and physical aggression.• I was scared of verbal abuse before, when I was bigger; now it's great to feel invisible.• The effects of verbal abuse can be shattering.• Even though he never physically abused me, the verbal abuse was frightening.

verbal2 noun