incidental

中英词典：incidental

形容词：

1. 偶然的；附带的

例句：

1. His comment was incidental to the main discussion.（他的评论只是次要讨论的附带内容。）
2. She dismissed the incident as incidental to the story.（她认为这个事件与故事无关。）

名词：

1. 附带事项；附属事项

例句：

3. He has been asked to deal with all the incidentals of the conference.（他被要求处理会议的所有附属事项。）
4. Don't worry about the incidental, just focus on the main task.（不要担心附带的事情，专注于主要任务。）

词语辨析：

incidental, accidental, casual

这三个词都有“偶然的”、“无意的”之意。

incidental强调偶然性，常指不重要或次要的事物；accidental强调出乎意料的，通常指不幸或不愉快的事故或事件；casual侧重于随意、漫不经心或不经意的。

词汇扩充：

incidentally, incidentally speaking, incidental expenses, incidental music

近义词：

secondary, minor, subordinate, peripheral

反义词：

essential, integral, main, primary

柯林斯词典：

1. 形容词

发生偶然的；附带的

2. 名词

次要的事物；附带事项

牛津词典：

1. 形容词

发生的；附带的；附带产生的

2. 名词

次要的事物；附带事项；附属品

用法：

1. 形容词

Incidental 作为形容词，表示“附带的”、“偶然的”等含义，常用于修饰名词或名词短语。

2. 名词

Incidental 作为名词，表示“附带事项”、“附属事项”等含义，常用于指代次要的事物。

3. incidentally 副词形式，意为“顺便地”、“附带提到地”。

相关例句：

5. His comment was incidental to the main discussion.
6. She dismissed the incident as incidental to the story.
7. He has been asked to deal with all the incidentals of the conference.
8. Don't worry about the incidental, just focus on the main task.
9. Incidentally, I heard that she got promoted.
10. Incidentally speaking, it's going to rain tomorrow.
11. He covered the incidental expenses with his own money.
12. They hired a pianist to provide incidental music for the play.
13. Her role in the movie was just an incidental character.
14. The details are incidental to the overall theme of the story.
15. The incident was accidental and not intentional.
16. He suffered an accidental injury while playing football.
17. It was just a casual meeting, we didn't discuss anything important.
18. She made a casual remark about the weather.
19. Secondary characters play an incidental role in the novel.
20. His contribution to the project was minor but still important.
21. She has a subordinate role in the company and reports to the manager.
22. Peripheral details were omitted in the main report.
23. These expenses are essential and cannot be considered incidental.
24. Primary sources are crucial for historical research.