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| 释义 | 〔Shorter〕American jazz saxophonist who was a leading figure in the hard bop and jazz rock movements.梭特，伟恩：美国爵士乐萨克斯风管演奏家，改良咆哮乐和爵士摇滚运动的主要人物〔heroine〕The wordhero should no longer be regarded as restricted to men in the sense "a person noted for courageous action,”thoughheroine is always restricted to women. The distinction betweenheroine and hero is still useful, however, in referring to the principal character of a fictional work, in as much as the virtues and qualities that become a traditional literary heroine like Elizabeth Bennet or Isabel Archer are generally quite different from those that become a traditional literary hero like Tom Jones or Huckleberry Finn.单词hero 不应该仅限于指男人， 因为它有“因勇敢行为而出名的人”的意思，尽管heroine 仅用于女人。 heroine 与 hero 之间的区别用于区分虚构的作品中的主要人物仍然有用， 因象伊丽莎白·贝内特或伊莎贝拉·阿彻这样的传统文学上的女主角与象汤姆·琼斯或哈克贝利·费恩这样的传统的文学上的男主角的美德与品质，一般说来，有很大不同〔protagonist〕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 ?” 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 17th 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.希腊戏剧的protagnist 是主角， 且在任何戏剧中仅有一个主角。许多现代作家在用这个词时都注意使它指代戏剧或其他小说的主要人物，因此当用法专题小组成员被问及“在奥赛罗 里有几个主要人物?”时， 大部分人回答“一个”，而且用如antagonist、villain、principal 和 deuteragonist 等词来描述苔丝德蒙娜和雅各。 但是从十七进纪开始，有一个使用protagonist 的规范惯例， 仅表示“重要的演员”或“首要的政党”，而丝毫没有独一无二的暗示，象在句子在这部文风拖沓的小说中有三个人物。 史密斯和琼斯是为计算公司的未来而奋斗的主角中一样。 因此，当某些作家可能在他们自己的用法中偏于把这个词限制在一个简单的含义中时，仍强调自由用法不正确就是卖弄学问的了。用protagonist 来指代建议者或支持者仅在20世纪开始变得常见， 而且被对于代表意为“支持的”前缀pro- 的该词第一个音节的误解所影响。 在句子他是核武力的早期支持者 中， 这种用法可能会使读者认为是个错误，而且常被advocate 或 proponent 所替代， 同时也不会有任何意思的遗漏〔agon〕A conflict, especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a work of literature or drama.冲突：尤其指文学或戏剧作品中主要人物的矛盾冲突〔Babbitt〕After George F. Babbitt , the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis 源自乔治F. Babbitt ，辛克莱·刘易斯所著小说中的主要人物 巴比特 by Sinclair Lewis 〔Cicero〕Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose.西塞罗，马库斯·图留斯：(106-43) 罗马政治家、演说家和哲学家。共和时期最后几年的主要人物，以同喀提林的雄辩和对拉丁散文的精通而闻名〔protagonist〕The main character in a drama or other literary work.主角：戏剧或其他文学作品中的主要人物〔Adams〕The first Vice President (1789-1797) and second President (1797-1801) of the United States. He was a major figure during the American Revolution, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, and the shaping of the Constitution.亚当斯，约翰：(1735-1826) 美国首任副总统（1789-1797年）及第二任总统（1797-1801年）。美国独立战争期间的主要人物，《独立宣言》的起草撰写者及宪法的设计完成者〔antagonist〕The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero of a narrative or drama.反面主角：叙事文学或戏剧中与主人公或英雄相对立的主要人物〔profile〕A biographical essay presenting the subject's most noteworthy characteristics and achievements.人物概评：表现主要人物最值得注意的特点和成就的传记性的文章〔tragedy〕A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, a moral weakness, or an inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances.悲剧：戏剧或文学作品，其中的主要人物走向毁灭或遭受极端的痛苦，尤其是因悲剧性缺陷、道德弱点或无力应付不利环境而造成的后果 |
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