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 incidental [`ɪnsə'dɛntl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 附带的, 偶然的, 容易发生的

n. 附带事件

[医] 偶然的

[经] 附带的, 非主要的




    incidental
    [ noun ]
    1. (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified

    2. <noun.possession>
      he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
    3. an item that is incidental

    4. <noun.communication>
    [ adj ]
    1. (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

    2. <adj.all>
      incidental expenses
      the road will bring other incidental advantages
      extra duties incidental to the job
      labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
      confusion incidental to a quick change
    3. not of prime or central importance

    4. <adj.all>
      nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry
    5. following or accompanying as a consequence

    6. <adj.all>
      an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
      snags incidental to the changeover in management
      attendant circumstances
      the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
      the ensuant response to his appeal
      the resultant savings were considerable


    Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, n.
    An incident; that which is incidental; esp., in the plural,
    an aggregate of subordinate or incidental items not
    particularized; as, the expense of tuition and incidentals.
    --Pope.


    Incidental \In`ci*den"tal\, a.
    Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming
    without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime
    concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental
    conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses.

    By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded .
    . . as an incidental business. --Rogers.

    Syn: Accidental; casual; fortuitous; contingent; chance;
    collateral. See {Accidental}. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ly},
    adv. -- {In`ci*den"tal*ness}, n.

    I treat either or incidentally of colors. --Boyle.

    1. But in this case, it is incidental rather than central.
    2. All of this is consistent with a private consumption-led recovery benefiting manufacturing and distribution - supported by an incidental one-off improvement in service export earnings.
    3. It isn't clear whether Mr. Hull was a CIA operative, a front for the CIA, or a private citizen with only incidental ties to the CIA station in Costa Rica.
    4. In cases where it is confirmed, "the bruises were not incidental but (were) severe deep bruises," he said.
    5. But Congress in 1959 amended the act to exempt newscasts, news interviews shows, documentaries in which the candidate's appearance is incidental to the subject being covered and on-the-spot news events.
    6. But your average softball fanatic regards those divergences from the norm as incidental, and even charming.
    7. In defending his sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Eugene P. Spellman said it is well within his discretion, noting the $3 million contribution to the homeless project is "merely incidental" to the financier's community-service tasks.
    8. Except for some rare genetic defects, determining the gender is just an incidental part of the prenatal test findings.
    9. The law generally bans all such takings of marine mammals but contains an exception allowing the secretary of commerce to authorize specified takings incidental to commercial fishing.
    10. If a particular landscape appealed, it did so for incidental and formal reasons acknowledged more by intuition than any conscious analysis.
    11. Winning seems more like the incidental reward of genius than the supreme intention. And so it is that, perhaps almost as much as West Indians, English cricket lovers see themselves in Lara.
    12. Pyongyang maintains that its new dam is designed to generate electricity and prevent flooding, and in the latter respect it would be an incidental boon to South Korea.
    13. The regulations say corporate facilities can be used for "occasional, isolated or incidental" political activities.
    14. The work being performed, Donizetti's "Elixir of Love," seemed incidental for most of the crowd to the main attraction, a chance to hear tenor Luciano Pavarotti and soprano Kathleen Battle.
    15. "Freedom of religion had nothing to do with it," said Nitkin's lawyer, Paul Robbins. "The Nitkins wanted to enjoy their property. The monetary damages were incidental." Wellspring is used as a retreat by 20 to 30 people at a time.
    16. Alexander, who wrote or arranged background music, transitions between songs and other incidental music, died of cancer Dec. 23.
    17. Never have I yearned so hard for footnotes. The book is most valuable for the almost incidental credo on the importance of work and the role of the director and his tribute to the designer, Jocelyn Herbert.
    18. But he added there was little the company could do to stop incidental use of its brands in films.
    19. This does not apply to anyone who has employment or business which (apart from any incidental UK duties) is carried on wholly overseas.
    20. 'It has so much more going for it than a standard frequent-flyer scheme, which incurs all of the cost, but gets none of the revenue for the airline.' The use of Air Miles as an incentive for employees is an incidental sideline, says Mr Mills.
    21. The cause is unknown, but it is rare under the age of 40. The incidence increases with age, so that about 40 per cent of men over 65 are found to have cancer of the prostate at post-mortem. It can also be an incidental finding during life.
    22. For that he needs a musical education like mine.' Yet his first work, always excepting such childhood efforts as a lament for the sinking of the Titanic, consisted entirely of incidental songs.
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