在SAT考试中，SAT词汇有时候意思相近或者长相相近，很多考生就误认为含义也差不多，其实不然。下面小编为大家详细介绍SAT词汇Incidental/Accidental的词汇辨析，希望对大家的SAT备考有所帮助。

　　它们就是incidental和accidental，

　　大家是不是觉得这两个词长得差不多，意思也差不多?其实非也，在日常使用当中，大家一定要注意区别这两个词的含义，切忌想当然哦~

　　现在我们先看看这两个词的中英文释义。

　　Accidental means unintentional or happening by chance. 意外的，偶然的

　　Incidental means secondary or nonessential, it often refers to something thatoccurs in connection with a more important activity or event. 附带的，次要的

　　好像看起来还是挺相似的?那我们再来看两个例句：

　　例句1： According to the National Safety Council, there were more than 600 accidental shooting deaths in the United States last year.

　　注：此处的accidental表示“意外的”。

　　例句2："Traditionally, vocabulary learning was often left to look after itself and received only incidental attention in many textbooks and language programs."(J.C. Richards and W.A. Renandya, Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press, 2002)

　　注：此处的incidental表示“附带的”。

　　如果你还觉得有点迷糊，那么再接下来看看更具体的用法提示吧~

　　1. What is accidental happens by chance:

　　We didn't plan our meeting at the restaurant; it was accidental.(事先并计划，却意外在餐厅碰面。)

　　2. What is incidental occurs as a minor consequence of something more important:

　　The main advantage of a small car is that it is inexpensive; an incidental advantage is that it is easier to park than a larger car.(Rod Evans, The Artful Nuance: A Refined Guide to Imperfectly Understood Words in the English Language, 2009)(小型车最主要的优点是便宜，附带的次要的好处是好停车。)

　　同时，有一个常用的习语也请大家注意，那就是accidentally on purpose.下面我们来看一下具体的解释及用法：

　　Accidentally on purpose means as if by accident but actually by intention. 有意的，假装无意的。

　　换句话说：

　　If you do something accidentally on purpose, you're only pretending that it occurred by chance.

　　同时，accidentally on purpose 也是一种修辞手法：即矛盾修饰法(oxymoron)

　　最后，让我们做两道题，巩固一下今天的知识吧~

　　(a) When you travel on business, _____ expenses are items such as local transportation, telephone calls, tips, and laundry.

　　(b) _____ fires are more likely to start in the kitchen than in any other room in the house.

　　以上就是小编为大家介绍的SAT词汇辨析：Incidental/Accidental，为了迎接10月份的SAT考试，希望大家在备考中能够持续积累这种相近的词汇辨析，循序渐进，希望对大家的SAT考试有所帮助。