temporal1
a.
- 时间的
- 暂存的,短暂的,非永恒的
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the
temporal character of the human bonds
人际关系的短暂性质
- 世间的;世俗的;现世的
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The Church has no
temporal power in the modern state.
教会在现代国家中不掌握政权。
- 【语】表示时间的,时态的
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n.
- 暂存的事物,世间的事物[P1]
派生
ad.
temporally
n.
temporalness; temporality
辨析
temporal1
/
ˈtɛmp(ə)r(ə)l/
adj.
- relating to time.
- relating to worldly affairs; secular.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. temporel or L. temporalis, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.
temporal2
/
ˈtɛmpər(ə)l/
adj.
Anatomy of or situated in the temples of the head.