The discovery was incidental to their main research.

这一发现是他们主要研究中的附带收获。

《牛津词典》

These risks are incidental to the work of a firefighter.

这些风险是担任消防员不可避免的。

《牛津词典》

The playing of music proved to be incidental to the main business of the evening.

音乐演奏结果只是当晚主要活动的陪衬。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

I want to suggest to you that the fact that it's the religious book for him, for his culture, for his family, is not of course incidental to the fact that it's what reminds him of home.

我想提出一个事实,对于他自己，对于他的文化，对于他的家庭，这是一本有着宗教意味的书,所以这让他想起了家就绝非偶然了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It goes off in this strange digression. It seems like his mind has simply wandered, as it does, from one version of the story to another. But the mention of the machines is not incidental.

这故事就这么奇怪地离题说着，好像他的思想,在游离，从故事的一方面跳到,另一方面，但是提到机器并不是偶然。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Of course, all of that is incidental to the real question: how did the video look?

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Bonds forged through adversity are often the strongest and Mowbray's time on the pitch is almost incidental to his five-year spell at Celtic Park.

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The law authorizes FWS to issue permits to take eagles or their nests only when the take is incidental to a lawful activity and cannot be avoided.

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