incidental

in·ci·den·tal

I0081400 (ĭn′sĭ-dĕn′tl)adj.1. Occurring or likely to occur as an unpredictable or minor consequence: "the principle that even annoying, intrusive, and offensive speech is to be protected by the courts and tolerated by the public as incidental to an open society" (Frederick Schauer). See Synonyms at accidental.2. Of a minor, casual, or subordinate nature: incidental expenses.n. A minor accompanying item or expense: a pocket in the suitcase for incidentals.

incidental

(ˌɪnsɪˈdɛntəl) adj1. happening in connection with or resulting from something more important; casual or fortuitous2. (foll by: to) found in connection (with); related (to)3. (foll by: upon) caused (by)4. occasional or minor: incidental expenses. n (often plural) an incidental or minor expense, event, or action ˌinciˈdentalness n

in•ci•den•tal

(ˌɪn sɪˈdɛn tl)

adj. 1. happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else. 2. incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount: incidental expenses. n. 3. something incidental. 4. incidentals, minor expenses. [1610–20] in`ci•den′tal•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	incidental - (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses"incidental expense, minor expenseplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than oneexpense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
	2.	incidental - an item that is incidentalitem, point - a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
Adj.	1.	incidental - (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "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"incidentbasic - pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
	2.	incidental - not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLAnonessentialinessential, unessential - not basic or fundamental
	3.	incidental - following or accompanying as a consequence; "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"concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, accompanying, attendant, sequentsubsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments"

incidental

adjective1. secondary, subsidiary, subordinate, minor, occasional, ancillary, nonessential The playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business.
secondary important, necessary, essential, vital, crucial2. accompanying, related, attendant, contingent, contributory, concomitant At the bottom of the bill were various incidental expenses.

incidental

adjectiveNot part of the real or essential nature of a thing:adscititious, adventitious, supervenient.

Translations

伴随而来的偶然发生的偶然碰到的附带的

incident

(ˈinsidənt) noun an event or happening. There was a strange incident in the supermarket today. 事件 事件ˌinciˈdental (-ˈden-) adjective1. occurring etc by chance in connection with something else. an incidental remark. 偶發的 偶然发生的，偶然碰到的 2. accompanying (something) but not forming part of it. He wrote the incidental music for the play. 附帶的，伴隨的 附带的，伴随而来的 ˌinciˈdentally (-ˈden-) adverb by the way. Incidentally, where were you last night? 順便說及 顺便说及