1. 定义：’incidental’可以表示偶然的、次要的、附带的或者与其他事情相关的事项或者事件。
2. 用法：作为形容词、副词或者名词使用。
3. 同义词：accidental、secondary、ancillary、concomitant。
4. 搭配：incidental expenses（附加费用）、incidental music（电影或者舞台剧的伴奏音乐）、incidental learning（无意识的学习）。
5. 常用于口语、书面及学术语境。
例句：
1. It was just an incidental remark, not meant to be taken seriously.（那只是一句无关紧要的话，不必当真。）
2. The damage to the car was incidental and not covered by the insurance policy.（车辆受损属于副次的损失，不在保险范围内。）
3. We had a lovely weekend together, with shopping and sightseeing as incidental activities.（我们度过了一个美好的周末，购物和观光只是附带的活动。）
4. Incidental income from freelance work helped her pay the bills.（自由职业的副业收入帮助她支付账单。）
5. The author included an incidental reference to a historical event in the introduction to his novel.（作者在小说的序言中顺带提到了一个历史事件。）
incidental的意思是“偶然的；次要的”。它可以用来描述某个事情或事件不是主要的或意外发生的。
中文翻译：偶然的；次要的
读音：?ns?’d?nt?l
例句：
1. The damage to the car was incidental and not the main focus of the accident investigation.（这辆车受损是次要的，不是事故调查的主要焦点。）
2. She made an incidental remark about the weather.（她顺便提到了天气。）
3. The cost of food and lodging is incidental to the expenses of the trip.（饮食和住宿费用是旅行费用的次要部分。）
incidental在中文中有”偶然发生的、附带的”的意思，还经常被翻译为附带的次要事情，发音音标为[.insi’dent?l]，incidental是一个英语名词，在《英汉简明词典》中，共找到78个与incidental相关的句子。
1.偶然发生的
例句:The companies of the Blum Group are therefore not liable for damages of any kind, whether direct, indirect, incidental, or special. (百隆集团的公司因此不对任何形式的损害负责，无论其为直接、间接、偶然或特别损害。)
2.附带的
例句:One of the incidental functions of the detector array is the averaging or smoothing of these responses. (检波器组合的一个附带作用是这些响应的平衡或平稳。)
3.附带的次要事情
例句:The phenomenon that nose ministry bleeds is inWinterThe section is the most incidental, a medical noun cries ” nosebleed nasally ” . (鼻部出血的现象在冬季节最容易发生，有个医学名词叫“鼻衄”。)
4.免不了的、附带的次要事情
例句:For work of a minor or incidental nature, the employer may instruct that a Variation shall be executed on a daywork basis. (翻译:对于一些小的或附带性的工作，雇主可指示按计日工作实施变更。)
incidental一般作为名词、形容词使用，如在incidental to(伴随于)、incidental activity(附带活性)、incidental advice([网络] 附带意见)等常见短语中出现较多。
incidental to伴随于incidental activity附带活性incidental advice[网络] 附带意见incidental appeal[法] 附带上诉incidental article(期刊中)附属的或次要的文章incidental burden临时性负担incidental capacitance从属电容incidental charges[经] 杂项支出, 杂费incidental claim[法] 附带请求1. The phenomenon that nose ministry bleeds is inWinterThe section is the most incidental, a medical noun cries ” nosebleed nasally ” . (翻译:鼻部出血的现象在冬季节最容易发生，有个医学名词叫“鼻衄”。)
2. For work of a minor or incidental nature, the employer may instruct that a Variation shall be executed on a daywork basis. (翻译:对于一些小的或附带性的工作，雇主可指示按计日工作实施变更。)
3. The fact that he slept with her mother came as a surprise but I think was incidental to the nightmare of recrimination and violence that became their two-day marriage. (翻译:可是他跟岳母睡却真是意外 却以为 这段两日婚姻是… 随之而来的 互相责备和暴力所导致的)
4. A registration fee of $1, 425, a lodgement fee of $295 and some incidental filing fees are payable in such cases. (翻译:这些公司须缴付1,425元注册费、295元存放文件费用，以及一些附带的备案费用。)
5. Mr Talat is widely dismissed as an incidental figure, with mainland generals seen as the real powers in the north. (翻译:人们普遍认为塔拉特只是个临时角色，北方真正说的算的市那些土耳其将军们。)
6. What varies is not the basic form but the incidental details that do not obstruct the object’s primary function. (翻译:变化的不是基本形式，而是不妨碍物体的主要功能的附属细节。)
7. For work of a minor or incidental nature, the employer may instruct that a Variation shall be executed on a daywork basis. (翻译:对于一些小的或附带性的工作，雇主可指示按计日工作实施变更。)
8. Incidental in use process cottony phenomenon. (翻译:在使用过程中轻易发生起毛现象。)
9. When axial loads are incidental and of small magnitude, the members are kept from sliding along the shaft by means of a set screw. (翻译:当轴向负荷是偶然和小规模，成员不断从沿轴滑动螺杆的一套方法。)
10. For work of a minor or incidental nature, the Engineer may instruct that a Variation shall be executed on a daywork basis. (翻译:对于数量少或偶然进行的零散工作，工程师可以指示规定在计日工的基础上实施任何变更。)
11. So it’s incidental that out of the dozens of NCOs you’ve worked with over the years, you’ve had complaints only about two females? (翻译:那在你多年来共事过的几十个军士中 你仅仅投诉过两位女性 -也是偶然吗)
12. Perineural cysts are usually an incidental finding, but rarely may cause mechanical nerve root compression. (翻译:神经束囊肿通常偶然发现的，但很少会引起机械性的神经根压迫。)
13. The risk is incidental compared to the possibility to possess the great truth of the unknown. (翻译:风险是多么的微不足道 获得有关未知的伟大真理的可能就在眼前)
14. A discrete time dynamic model is proposed for bursty propagation of incidental events based on the node popularity and activeness in blog networks. (翻译:提出了一个基于节点知名度和活跃度的离散时间话题传播模型。)
15. The lightly grayed conflicts are incidental conflicts. (翻译:浅灰色的冲突是偶然的冲突。)
incidental作为名词、形容词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、incidentals等。
