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

• From Toronto to Los Angeles, Alanis finally signed Madonna's Maverick and in1994, released Jagged Little Pill.
  从多伦多到洛杉矶，阿拉尼斯最终同麦当娜的马弗里克唱片公司签约，并于1994年推出专辑《小碎丸》。
• He had been considered a maverick for years due to his insistence on studying the forbidden arts of necromancy.
  多年以来，克尔苏加德一直被认为是一个异类，因为他坚持研究被禁止的通灵术。
• She is widely regarded as a political maverick.
  人们普遍认为她是个持不同政见者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But, this doesn't mean the Chinese modeling industry is maverick.
  但，这不意味中国塑造的产业是与众不同的。
• 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。
• I may be a maverick, but it doesnt mean I like playing tricks.
  或许我在美国是个持不同意见者，但这并不意味着我喜欢耍把戏。
• There was a little bit of the maverick about her, and you don't really expect that.
  她带着一点桀骜不驯，超出了人们的预期。