incidental
adjective /ˌɪnsɪˈdentl/
/ˌɪnsɪˈdentl/
- incidental (to something) happening in connection with something else, but not as important as it, or not intended
附带发生的;次要的;非有意的 - The discovery was incidental to their main research.
这一发现是他们主要研究中的附带收获。 - incidental music (= music used with a play or a film to give atmosphere)
配乐 - You may be able to get help with incidental expenses (= small costs that you have in connection with something).
你可以付些钱找人帮忙。
- Information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.
信息获取技能绝不是课程中无关紧要的部份,而是核心内容。 - The fact that the concert made a profit was considered incidental.
音乐会的盈利被认为是附带性质的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- entirely
- purely
- merely
- …
- to
- The discovery was incidental to their main research.
- incidental to something (specialist) happening as a natural result of something
作为自然结果的;伴随而来的;免不了的 - These risks are incidental to the work of a firefighter.
这些风险是担任消防员不可避免的。
- These risks are incidental to the work of a firefighter.
词源early 17th cent.: originally from medieval Latin incidentalis, from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.