脇役

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

わきやく【^×脇役】

I 〔役〕a supporting [secondary] role; 〔人〕a supporting actor

• 彼はその映画で脇役を務めた
  He played a supporting [secondary] role in that film.

II 〔補佐する人〕

• 彼は一生社長の脇役に徹した
  He stayed in the background playing a secondary role to the president all his life.
• もう脇役はこりごりだ
  I won't take a backseat any longer.／I don't want to play second fiddle any more.

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