English Dictionary

protagonize

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To set up as the protagonist, or most significant character or entity. / (transitive) To be the protagonist, or most significant character or entity (of a literary work, etc.).

日本語の意味

主人公にする、すなわち物語や作品の中で最も重要なキャラクターや存在として設定すること。 / 主役として描く、あるいは主要な存在として機能させること。

The playwright attempted to protagonize the city's working poor, turning their struggles into the play's emotional center.

劇作家は街の労働者層を主人公に据えようと試み、彼らの苦闘を戯曲の感情的中心に変えた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To set up as the protagonist, or most significant character or entity.

Our project should be to protagonize ourselves, and yet, that project presents certain problems.

意味（2）

(transitive) To be the protagonist, or most significant character or entity (of a literary work, etc.).

For the sake of convenience, the name “Ernesto [Guevara]” will refer to the young medical student who protagonizes The Motorcycle Diaries (henceforth, Motorcycle Diaries).

protagonizes （ present singular third-person ）

protagonizing （ participle present ）

protagonized （ participle past ）

protagonized （ past ）