sympathetic figure/characterliteraryALKIND someone in a book, play etc who most people like 〔书、戏剧等中〕令人喜爱的人物/角色sympathetic figure/character• The reader zooms through the story hoping for a resolution that will satisfy the mystery without sacrificing any of the sympathetic characters.• Charles didn't find many sympathetic characters among the cast.• But now he, or she, needs to be an even broader, more sympathetic figure than before.
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