protagonist

詳細解釋：

pro.tag.o.nist

n.（名詞）
The main character in a drama or other literary work.
主角：戲劇或其他文學作品中的主要人物
In ancient Greek drama, the first actor to engage in dialogue with the chorus, in later dramas playing the main character and some minor characters as well.
古希臘戲劇中的演員：在古希臘戲劇中第一個與合唱團對白的演員，在後來的戲劇中扮演主要角色及一些不重要的角色

A leading or principal figure.
重要人物：主要或首要的人物
The leader of a cause; a champion.
領導者：一項事業的領導；擁護者
Usage Problem A proponent; an advocate.
【用法疑難】 建議者；提倡者

來源：
Greek prôtagônistôs
希臘語 prôtagônistôs
prôto- [proto-]
prôto- [前綴，表.最初的，首要的.]
agônistôs [actor, combatant] from agônizesthai [to contend] from agônia [contest] from agôn from agein [to drive, lead] * see ag-
agônistôs [演員，戰鬥者] 源自 agônizesthai [競爭] 源自 agônia [競賽] 源自 agôn 源自 agein [驅使，領導] *參見 ag-

Theprotagonist of a Greek drama was its leading actor, of whom there could be but one in any play.This is an etymological nicety that many modern writers continue to observe when using the word to refer to the main character of a drama or other fiction.Thus when the members of the Usage Panel were asked .How many protagonists are there inOthello ô. the great majority answered .One.and offered substitutes such asantagonist, villain, principal, and deuteragonist to describe Desdemona and Iago. But there is reputable precedent from the 7th century on for usingprotagonist to mean simply .important actor. or .principal party,.with no implication of uniqueness,as inThere are three protagonists in this sluggish novel. Smith and Jones were the protagonists in the struggle over the future of the computer company. Thus, while some writers may prefer to confine the word to a singular sense in their own usage,it is pedantic to insist that the looser use is incorrect. ·The use ofprotagonist to refer to a proponent has become common only in the 20th century and may have been influenced by a misconception that the first syllable of the word represents the prefixpro-, .favoring.. In sentences such asHe was an early protagonist of nuclear power, this use is likely to strike many readers as an errorand can usually be replaced byadvocate or proponent with no loss of sense.
希臘戲劇的protagnist 是主角， 且在任何戲劇中僅有一個主角。許多現代作家在用這個詞時都注意使它指代戲劇或其他小說的主要人物，因此當用法專題小組成員被問及.在奧賽羅 里有幾個主要人物ô.時， 大部分人回答.一個.，而且用如antagonist、villain、principal 和 deuteragonist 等詞來描述苔絲德蒙娜和雅各。 但是從十七進紀開始，有一個使用protagonist 的規範慣例， 僅表示.重要的演員.或.首要的政黨.，而絲毫沒有獨一無二的暗示，象在句子在這部文風拖沓的小說中有三個人物。 史密斯和瓊斯是為計算公司的未來而奮鬥的主角中一樣。 因此，當某些作家可能在他們自己的用法中偏於把這個詞限制在一個簡單的含義中時，仍強調自由用法不正確就是賣弄學問的了。用protagonist 來指代建議者或支持者僅在20世紀開始變得常見， 而且被對於代表意為.支持的.前綴pro- 的該詞第一個音節的誤解所影響。 在句子他是核武力的早期支持者 中， 這種用法可能會使讀者認為是個錯誤，而且常被advocate 或 proponent 所替代， 同時也不會有任何意思的遺漏