verbal
adjective uk/ˈvɜː.bəl/ us/ˈvɝː.bəl/
(SPOKEN)
C2 口头的；非书面的
spoken rather than written
a verbal agreement/description/explanation 口头协议／描述／解释
Airport officials received a stream of verbal abuse from angry passengers whose flights had been delayed. 航班被延误，机场的官员们遭到了愤怒的乘客们的语言攻击。
- More examples
- Do you have it down in writing, or was it just a verbal agreement?
- He had apparently experienced a lot of verbal abuse from his co-workers.
- He launched into a verbal attack on her handling of the finances.
- Sales assistants are often at the receiving end of verbal abuse from customers.
- Many strikebreakers were subjected to verbal and physical attacks.
(IN WORDS)
C1 用言辞的；文字的
relating to words
It can sometimes be difficult to give a verbal description of things like colours and sounds. 有时候可能很难用语言来描述颜色、声音之类的东西。