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

• Only last week a former British cabinet minister was described by a critic as a maverick voice.
  最近，一位批评家将英国一位前内阁大臣形容为一个特立独行的人。
• She is widely regarded as a political maverick.
  人们普遍认为她是个持不同政见者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An example of a maverick web service would be a system interface that exchanges SOAP messages over HTTP.
  一个非规范Web服务的例子是在HTTP上交换SOAP消息的系统接口。
• The maverick approach seems to have worked pretty well for them.
  如今看来，这种特立独行的方法对他们似乎相当奏效。
• 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。
• Second, on corporate responsibility he took a characteristically maverick stance.
  其次，在公司责任方面，他采取了一种特立独行的姿态。