You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action.
They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse.
他们被推来搡去,并被肆意辱骂。
The West must back up its verbal support with substantial economic aid.
西方国家必须以实质性经济援助来兑现其口头支持。
You use verbal to indicate that something is connected with words and the use of words.
The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills.
测试包含对语言能力、数学能力和抽象推理能力的考查。
the verbal dexterity of writers such as O'Brien and Joyce.
奥·布莱恩和乔伊斯等作家对语言的驾轻就熟。
In grammar, verbal means relating to a verb.
a verbal noun.
一个动名词。