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

• The downside of the system is that it can suppress maverick talent.
  该体系的不利方面在于，它可能会压制那些特立独行的人才。
• 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。
• The recent election for mayor of Seoul produced an upset win for a left-wing anti-establishment maverick.
  近期的首尔市长选举，一位左翼的，反正统的，如黑马般的候选人在选举中获胜，让人不安。
• Congressman Black is a real maverick but the voters keep sending him back to Washington.
  议员布拉克是个真正的独立议员，但是选民们还是一直让他当选。
• 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。
• 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。
• To many Chinese," China's number one sister "is a maverick.
  对许多中国人而言，“中国一姐”是一位特立独行者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。