Temporal

(adj.) of this earth or world; 'temporal joys'; 'our temporal existence' .

(adj.) not eternal; 'temporal matters of but fleeting moment'- F.D.Roosevelt .

(adj.) of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); 'temporal bone' .

(adj.) of or relating to or limited by time; 'temporal processing'; 'temporal dimensions'; 'temporal and spacial boundaries'; 'music is a temporal art' .

校对:马里恩

• In education, the distance covered may be looked at as temporal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Focusing and ordering are thus the two aspects of direction, one spatial, the other temporal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• And throughout the whole period there is always a struggle going on for the control of the corpse between the spiritual and various temporal powers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was not temporal, her hatred, she did not hate him for this or for that; she did not want to do anything to him, to have any connection with him. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Obviously, however, this surging up of personal factors into conscious recognition is a part of the whole activity in its temporal development. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• But the temporal power of the clergy, the absolute command which they had once had over the great body of the people was very much decayed. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Sufferingbrewed in temporal or calculable measure, and mixed for mortal lipstastes not as this suffering tasted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

校对:路易斯