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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Collins.1 / BNC.15150 / COCA.12248

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

• She's our maverick, our wild card.
  她是我们的独行侠，我们的王牌。
• 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。
• However, in such circumstances, China Resources Group of the reasons for "maverick" mean?
  然而，在这种情况下，中国资源集团的“特立独行”的原因是什么意思？
• 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。
• 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。
• This is a maverick mission statement, a distinctive and disruptive sense of purpose that sets you apart from your rivals.
  这是一种特立独行的使命宣言，一种与众不同、分裂性的目标感，能让你从竞争对手中脱颖而出。
• 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。
• This data needs to be delivered to the target application ( a maverick web service in this case).
  这些数据需要传送到目标应用程序（这个情况下是非规范Web服务）。
• 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。
• 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。