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单词 temporal
释义

temporal1

/ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ə)l /
adjective
1Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular: the Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain...
  • The cardinal should leave temporal affairs to the government.
  • He was the temporal and spiritual ruler of the Muslim world.
  • Temporal and spiritual authority converge in him.

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...
  • This issue explores some of the temporal and political dimensions of art.
  • Ancient DNA provides a temporal dimension to the study of genetic variation.
  • These spectres exist in different temporal dimensions.

Synonyms

of time, time-related
2.1 Grammar Relating to or denoting time or tense.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.
  • 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

temporal2

/ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ə)l /
adjective Anatomy
Of or situated in the temples of the head: arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis...
  • 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.
  • A temporal artery biopsy is suggested.

Origin

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

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