名詞 protagonist:

1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
   同義詞：supporter, champion, admirer, booster, friend
2. the principal character in a work of fiction
   同義詞：agonist

1. The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.
   反面主角敘事文學(xué)或戲劇中與主人公或英雄相對(duì)立的主要人物

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(xué)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(gè)與合唱團(tuán)對(duì)白的演員，在后來(lái)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(lǐng)導(dǎo)者：一項(xiàng)事業(yè)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；擁護(hù)者
Usage Problem A proponent; an advocate.
【用法疑難】 建議者；提倡者

來(lái)源：
Greek prôtagônistôs
希臘語(yǔ) 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(zhàn)斗者] 源自 agônizesthai [競(jìng)爭(zhēng)] 源自 agônia [競(jìng)賽] 源自 agôn 源自 agein [驅(qū)使，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)] *參見(jiàn) 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(gè)主角。許多現(xiàn)代作家在用這個(gè)詞時(shí)都注意使它指代戲劇或其他小說(shuō)的主要人物，因此當(dāng)用法專(zhuān)題小組成員被問(wèn)及.在奧賽羅 里有幾個(gè)主要人物ô.時(shí)， 大部分人回答.一個(gè).，而且用如antagonist、villain、principal 和 deuteragonist 等詞來(lái)描述苔絲德蒙娜和雅各。 但是從十七進(jìn)紀(jì)開(kāi)始，有一個(gè)使用protagonist 的規(guī)范慣例， 僅表示.重要的演員.或.首要的政黨.，而絲毫沒(méi)有獨(dú)一無(wú)二的暗示，象在句子在這部文風(fēng)拖沓的小說(shuō)中有三個(gè)人物。 史密斯和瓊斯是為計(jì)算公司的未來(lái)而奮斗的主角中一樣。 因此，當(dāng)某些作家可能在他們自己的用法中偏于把這個(gè)詞限制在一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的含義中時(shí)，仍強(qiáng)調(diào)自由用法不正確就是賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的了。用protagonist 來(lái)指代建議者或支持者僅在20世紀(jì)開(kāi)始變得常見(jiàn)， 而且被對(duì)于代表意為.支持的.前綴pro- 的該詞第一個(gè)音節(jié)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(huì)使讀者認(rèn)為是個(gè)錯(cuò)誤，而且常被advocate 或 proponent 所替代， 同時(shí)也不會(huì)有任何意思的遺漏