因为这个词的含义比较抽象，所以导致中文含义有歧义。
首先我们先看verb这个词，verb虽然在今天指动词，但它最初表示的就是word。而这里的word也不能单纯理解成“单词；词语”。word表示的就是“说出来的话”，也就是言语。
然后你带入上述句子，就可以发现
verbal agreement就是说出来的约定→口头约定；verbal skill→说话的能力→表达能力；语言能力
那么“文字”这个中文释义有错吗？其实也不算错，就像上面说的word从“说出的话”具体化成了“单词”，而“文字”其实也并不光指“实体的”写出来的内容，这里就是一种抽象的概念。比如，中国的文字延续了数千年。这句话中的文字就并不是具体的书写内容。
最后贴一段取自vocabulary.com的解释
If your friend tells you that the speech you just made was really verbal, he means you used too many words, overstated the point, went on too long, were redundant.
Verbal simply means, "having to do with words." If you hit someone that's a physically assault, but if you say nasty things to him, it's a verbal assault. Sometimes we use verbal to mean "spoken instead of written," usually to talk about agreements we've made. A child who is verbal is a child who can speak, and we call someone who's very articulate a verbal person.
首先我们先看verb这个词，verb虽然在今天指动词，但它最初表示的就是word。而这里的word也不能单纯理解成“单词；词语”。word表示的就是“说出来的话”，也就是言语。
然后你带入上述句子，就可以发现
verbal agreement就是说出来的约定→口头约定；verbal skill→说话的能力→表达能力；语言能力
那么“文字”这个中文释义有错吗？其实也不算错，就像上面说的word从“说出的话”具体化成了“单词”，而“文字”其实也并不光指“实体的”写出来的内容，这里就是一种抽象的概念。比如，中国的文字延续了数千年。这句话中的文字就并不是具体的书写内容。
最后贴一段取自vocabulary.com的解释
If your friend tells you that the speech you just made was really verbal, he means you used too many words, overstated the point, went on too long, were redundant.
Verbal simply means, "having to do with words." If you hit someone that's a physically assault, but if you say nasty things to him, it's a verbal assault. Sometimes we use verbal to mean "spoken instead of written," usually to talk about agreements we've made. A child who is verbal is a child who can speak, and we call someone who's very articulate a verbal person.
