Incidentally
[ɪnsɪ'dent(ə)lɪ] or [,ɪnsɪ'dɛntli]
解释:
(adv.) of a minor or subordinate nature; 'these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models'.
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例句:
- We have as yet only spoken incidentally of the disappearance of species and of groups of species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Incidentally this would also have drowned most of the Dutch harvest and cattle. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- A method of preventing in a great measure friction of water against the hull of a ship and incidentally preventing fouling by barnacles. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- When I refer to them, incidentally, it is only as a part of my progress. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Margaret had never spoken of Helstone since she left it, except just naming the place incidentally. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- It did not occur to anybody that incidentally Marius had also created a professional army with no interest to hold it together but its pay. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Incidentally, he had won ten thousand francs, for D'Arnot insisted that he keep it all. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But the state of the same organ in distinct classes may incidentally throw light on the steps by which it has been perfected. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Incidentally mentioning, at the same time, her age? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It incidentally showed that her apparent languor did not arise from lack of force. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Incidentally it may be noted that things, not words, are referred to; for Edison, in addition to inventing the apparatus, has often had to coin the word to describe it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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