maverick

英 [ˈmævərɪk]

美 [ˈmævərɪk]

n.  持不同意见者; 独行其是者; 言行与众不同者
adj.  标新立异的

复数：mavericks　

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牛津词典

noun

• 持不同意见者；独行其是者；言行与众不同者
  a person who does not behave or think like everyone else, but who has independent, unusual opinions

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (团体中)自行其是的人，特立独行的人,标新立异的人
  If you describe someone as amaverick, you mean that they are unconventional and independent, and do not think or behave in the same way as other people.
  1. He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.
     他太特立独行，永远不可能做高官。
  2. Maverickis also an adjective.
     
  3. ...a maverick group of scientists, who oppose the prevailing medical opinion on the disease...
     就治疗这种疾病与医学界普遍观点相左的一群标新立异的科学家
  4. Her independence and maverick behaviour precluded any chance of promotion.
     她的独立精神和自行其是断送了一切升迁的机会。

英英释义

noun

• an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf)
• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
  Synonym:rebel

adj

• independent in behavior or thought
  1. she led a somewhat irregular private life
  2. maverick politicians
  Synonym:irregularunorthodox

双语例句

• That's not the point. I'm the one who's the maverick.
  我不是指他，我才是那个离群的人。
• Mr Sarkozy is unpopular because of his maverick, divisive style, which has aliented centrist voters.
  萨科齐之所以不受欢迎是因为他特立独行和引发分歧的行事风格，这让中间选民离他而去。
• So! I guess I'll be Maverick and you can be Goose.
  我会唱你喜欢鹅和小牛的壮志凌云。
• He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.
  他太特立独行，永远不可能做高官。
• She is widely regarded as a political maverick.
  人们普遍认为她是个持不同政见者。
• And because I'm a maverick and I like to do my own thing.
  而且因为我是一个特立独行的，我喜欢做我自己的事情。
• Maverick, unlawful human action rules the markets, unexpected and unimaginable monstrous events shape the markets.
  标新立异、不合法规的人类行为支配着市场，出乎意料且难以想象的骇人事件则塑造了市场。
• Being recognized as a maverick and a leader isn't a deliberate process you need to set up like a goal.
  被认为是一个标新立异的人和领导不是一个审慎的过程，你不必设立一个像这样的目标。
• Yet the cult of the maverick entrepreneur is well established.
  但人们对特立独行创业家的膜拜早已形成。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.
  你是个爱自行其是的人，你样样事情都要尝试一下。