temporal

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tem·po·ral /ˈtempərəl/ adjectiveadj formal

1 TIME/HOW LONGrelating to or limited by time 关于时间的；受时间限制的；短暂的

the temporal character of human existence

人生的短促

2 RELIGIONrelating to practical instead of religious affairs 〔与宗教相对应的〕尘世的，世俗的

Edgar ruled over the Church as well as his temporal kingdom.

埃德加除了统治世俗王国之外，还掌控着教会。

Examples from the Corpus

temporal• The Emperor was both a temporal and a spiritual ruler.• Despite their different temporal and geographical foci, several defining research questions have remained the same.• It did not imitate the variability of the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain.• Sometimes the hallucinations associated with small seizures in the temporal lobe have characteristics suggestive of schizophrenic thought, especially paranoia.• George once had a patient who heard Led Zeppelin music each time a particular temporal lobe site was stimulated.• It all centres around a part of the brain called the medial temporal lobe.• Our physical bodies are just a temporal, passing reality.

Origin temporal

(1300-1400) Latin temporalis, from tempus “time”

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