incidental

Word family

in·ci·den·tal1 /ˌɪnsəˈdentl◂/ adjectiveadj

1 UNIMPORTANThappening or existing in connection with something else that is more important 附带的；伴随的；次要的

Increased motivation is more than an incidental benefit of reward schemes.

积极性提高不仅仅是奖励计划附带的益处。

incidental to

companies that carry out investment business that is incidental to their main activity

主营业务之外还进行其他相关投资的公司

2 [not before noun]EXPECT naturally happening as a result of something 伴随而来的，免不了的

incidental to

Drinking too much is almost incidental to bartending.

当酒吧侍者几乎免不了饮酒过度。

Examples from the Corpus

incidental• The concert is just for fun, really. Any profit we make from it will be purely incidental.• But if so, this is incidental.• It would also have the incidental advantage of further clarification of expectations of managers.• An incidental effect even for those who never use computers may be a change in the nature of junk-mail.• The Red Cross will provide money for food, housing, and incidental expenses.• An incidental feature of the capital transactions is the implication that the capital invested in local farming is being eroded.• Three incidental features of forensic hypnosis may help jog memories, but these potential memory aids are not unique to hypnosis.• Tuition and incidental fees for students total $21,975.• Cloning qua cloning is almost incidental for us, too.• Thus the working party is arguing that information skills are not merely incidental to the curriculum but central to it.• The puzzles are fun, but are incidental to the plot of the book.• Such machines have an incidental use on carpeting and may find therefore a role beyond the kitchen door.

incidental to• The subject of the story became incidental to his great storytelling ability.• The dolphin catch was incidental to the fishing operation.

incidental2 noun [countableC usually plural]

THINGsomething that you have to do, buy etc which you had not planned to 原本不打算做的事[买的东西等]

Carry extra cash for taxis, tips, and other incidentals.

另外再带些现金用来付出租车费、小费和其他杂项开销。

Examples from the Corpus

incidental• Although what is selected for is an ability to grow on poisoned ground, sterility emerges as an incidental.• Production can not be an incidental to the mitigation of inequality or the provision of jobs.• Their breakdown in hybrids is an incidental to evolution within each one.• After paying rent, she has very little money for food, clothing, and incidentals.

From Longman Business Dictionary

incidentalin·ci·den·tal /ˌɪnsəˈdentl◂/ adjectiveadj

incidental costs/expenses etcACCOUNTING small amounts of money which are spent at various times as part of a larger bill

The Law Centre has to meet the incidental expenses of the committee, such as phone bills, petrol and stationery.