a.  关于时间的；受时间限制的；短暂的

a. 〔与宗教相对应的〕尘世的，世俗的

a.  太阳穴的；颞的

• the temporal character of human existence  人生短暂

• The study also found that when subjects thought about and later recalled descriptions in terms of their informational content, regions associated with factual memory, such as the medial temporal lobe, became active. 内侧颞叶

• One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context. 

•  人们也能看到具体的行为如何与时间和空间背景相关联。

BrE /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/