providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system 辅助的 ancillary staff such as radiotherapists. 放射治疗技师等辅助员工。 ■additional; subsidiary 附带的;附属的 paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16. 19段只不过是附随于16段。
(pl. -ies)
a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, institution, or industry 辅助性员工,助理人员 the employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries. 专科教师及助理人员的聘用。 ■something which functions in a supplementary or supporting role 附属物 undergraduate courses of three main subjects with related ancillaries. 三门主干课程及相关附属科目组成的本科教程。
语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin ancillaris, from ancilla 'maidservant'