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单词 temporal
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temporal1

adjective ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ə)lˈtɛmp(ə)rəl
  • 1Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

    the Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Popes ceased to be temporal princes and concentrated on spiritual matters.
    • The Queen thought more of the temporal than of the spiritual.
    • The cardinal should leave temporal affairs to the government.
    • Christianity teaches that the state is part of the divine ordering of temporal affairs.
    • A separation between the spiritual and the temporal is desirable and possible.
    • They helped him begin his spiritual and temporal education.
    • Temporal and spiritual authority converge in him.
    • They merely rejected the authority of the archdiocese over their temporal affairs.
    • Her ongoing work provides support both spiritual and temporal for cancer sufferers.
    • An uneasy relationship remains between the city's temporal and spiritual leaders.
    • All everyone wants is pleasure, money, affluence - no matter how mundane or how temporal it is.
    • Rome finally seems to have abandoned its temporal ambitions for purely spiritual aims.
    • The land is the link between the spiritual and the temporal.
    • He was the temporal and spiritual ruler of the Muslim world.
    • The Catholic Church struggled to assert its temporal and spiritual power throughout this period.
    • The church withdrew from temporal affairs.
    • The bishop appointed a committee of seven laymen to run the temporal affairs of the parish.
    • Each person lives in two spheres of existence - the spiritual and the temporal realms.
    • They deplored the Church's rich landholdings and its role in temporal affairs.
    • They laid special emphasis on the separation of temporal and spiritual authorities.
    Synonyms
    secular, non-spiritual, worldly, profane, material, mundane, earthly, terrestrial
    non-religious, lay
    carnal, fleshly, mortal, corporeal
    rare sublunary, terrene
  • 2Relating to time.

    the spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in complex ecosystems
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Simplistic analyses of changes in vegetation cover probably confused natural temporal variability with long-term degradation.
    • Ancient DNA provides a temporal dimension to the study of genetic variation.
    • Human experience and behaviour is characterized by temporal segmentation.
    • These spectres exist in different temporal dimensions.
    • They become conscious of the passage of time - the temporal as a kind of fourth dimension.
    • All three criteria must thus be met in close temporal proximity.
    • Rules can be aborted at any point in their temporal development.
    • Jack is thrown back in time and gets caught in a temporal paradox.
    • Art is temporal, finite… born to die.
    • Studies over successive years are required to measure temporal variation.
    • We investigated temporal changes in the genetic structure of human populations during the past 2,500 years.
    • He has lost confidence in the narrative thread, in the continuity of temporal sequence.
    • This issue explores some of the temporal and political dimensions of art.
    • In our perception of the world, spatial and temporal dimensions merely appear to be distinct.
    • The temporal dimension is vital to the practice of wildlife management.
    • Temporal concerns are often ignored in approaches to painting.
    Synonyms
    of time, time-related
    1. 2.1Grammar Relating to or denoting time or tense.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • English has plenty of adjectives for modifying the temporal properties of nouns, including ‘former’, ‘recent’, and ‘forthcoming’.
      • His teaching begins with a temporal adverb: ‘now.’
      • The meaning of the tense morphemes alone does not completely determine the temporal interpretation of a sentence.
      • The second, third, and fourth sentences are without verbs and hence have no temporal location.
      • These meanings typically have to do with temporalor logical relations between the events described in the clauses.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor- 'time'.

Rhymes

spatio-temporal

temporal2

adjective ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ə)lˈtɛmp(ə)rəl
Anatomy
  • Of or situated in the temples of the head.

    arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A temporal artery biopsy is suggested.
    • The middle cerebral artery supplies much of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the brain.
    • Care is taken to avoid damage to the temporal branch of the facial nerve.
    • Commonly used sites for catheterization include the temporal veins.
    • The pain is typically centered over the temporal regions.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin temporalis, from tempora 'the temples' (see temple2).

 
 

temporal1

adjectiveˈtemp(ə)rəlˈtɛmp(ə)rəl
  • 1Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.

    the Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They deplored the Church's rich landholdings and its role in temporal affairs.
    • The Queen thought more of the temporal than of the spiritual.
    • They helped him begin his spiritual and temporal education.
    • He was the temporal and spiritual ruler of the Muslim world.
    • The Catholic Church struggled to assert its temporal and spiritual power throughout this period.
    • The bishop appointed a committee of seven laymen to run the temporal affairs of the parish.
    • Temporal and spiritual authority converge in him.
    • Rome finally seems to have abandoned its temporal ambitions for purely spiritual aims.
    • The cardinal should leave temporal affairs to the government.
    • All everyone wants is pleasure, money, affluence - no matter how mundane or how temporal it is.
    • Each person lives in two spheres of existence - the spiritual and the temporal realms.
    • They merely rejected the authority of the archdiocese over their temporal affairs.
    • A separation between the spiritual and the temporal is desirable and possible.
    • Popes ceased to be temporal princes and concentrated on spiritual matters.
    • The church withdrew from temporal affairs.
    • Her ongoing work provides support both spiritual and temporal for cancer sufferers.
    • They laid special emphasis on the separation of temporal and spiritual authorities.
    • An uneasy relationship remains between the city's temporal and spiritual leaders.
    • The land is the link between the spiritual and the temporal.
    • Christianity teaches that the state is part of the divine ordering of temporal affairs.
    Synonyms
    secular, non-spiritual, worldly, profane, material, mundane, earthly, terrestrial
  • 2Relating to time.

    the spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in complex ecosystems
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Human experience and behaviour is characterized by temporal segmentation.
    • Rules can be aborted at any point in their temporal development.
    • Ancient DNA provides a temporal dimension to the study of genetic variation.
    • We investigated temporal changes in the genetic structure of human populations during the past 2,500 years.
    • All three criteria must thus be met in close temporal proximity.
    • Studies over successive years are required to measure temporal variation.
    • This issue explores some of the temporal and political dimensions of art.
    • Simplistic analyses of changes in vegetation cover probably confused natural temporal variability with long-term degradation.
    • The temporal dimension is vital to the practice of wildlife management.
    • Temporal concerns are often ignored in approaches to painting.
    • Art is temporal, finite… born to die.
    • In our perception of the world, spatial and temporal dimensions merely appear to be distinct.
    • Jack is thrown back in time and gets caught in a temporal paradox.
    • They become conscious of the passage of time - the temporal as a kind of fourth dimension.
    • These spectres exist in different temporal dimensions.
    • He has lost confidence in the narrative thread, in the continuity of temporal sequence.
    Synonyms
    of time, time-related
    1. 2.1Grammar Relating to or denoting time or tense.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His teaching begins with a temporal adverb: ‘now.’
      • English has plenty of adjectives for modifying the temporal properties of nouns, including ‘former’, ‘recent’, and ‘forthcoming’.
      • The meaning of the tense morphemes alone does not completely determine the temporal interpretation of a sentence.
      • The second, third, and fourth sentences are without verbs and hence have no temporal location.
      • These meanings typically have to do with temporalor logical relations between the events described in the clauses.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.

temporal2

adjectiveˈtemp(ə)rəlˈtɛmp(ə)rəl
Anatomy
  • Of or situated in the temples of the head.

    arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pain is typically centered over the temporal regions.
    • A temporal artery biopsy is suggested.
    • The middle cerebral artery supplies much of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the brain.
    • Commonly used sites for catheterization include the temporal veins.
    • Care is taken to avoid damage to the temporal branch of the facial nerve.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin temporalis, from tempora ‘the temples’ (see temple).

 
 
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