- 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。
Extra ExamplesInformation 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- entirely
- purely
- merely
- …
- to
- 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
Word Originearly 17th cent.: originally from medieval Latin incidentalis, from Latin incident- ‘falling upon, happening to’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘upon’ + cadere ‘to fall’.