offbeat

英 [ˌɒfˈbiːt]

美 [ˌɔːfˈbiːt]

adj.  不寻常的; 不落俗套的; 标新立异的

GRE

BNC.35050 / COCA.15164

牛津词典

adj.

• 不寻常的；不落俗套的；标新立异的
  different from what most people expect
  1. offbeat humour
     另类的幽默
  2. an offbeat approach to interviewing
     别开生面的采访

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不寻常的；非常规的；非正统的
  If you describe something or someone asoffbeat, you think that they are different from normal.
  1. She adores old, offbeat antiques.
     她非常喜欢那些稀奇古怪的老古董。
  2. ...a wickedly offbeat imagination.
     绝妙另类的想象力

英英释义

noun

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
  Synonym:upbeat

adj

• informal terms
  Synonym:far-outkinkyquirkyway-out

双语例句

• The Daily Show has distinguished itself from other news programs by covering breaking stories in an offbeat, lighthearted style.
  《每日秀》以离奇、轻松的风格报道突发事件，在众多新闻栏目中独树一帜。
• Piano master Lang Lang performed a surprising, offbeat encore at a concert in San Francisco: the pianist played Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the iPad.
  钢琴大师朗朗用一种令人惊叹的方式在旧金山演奏了一曲安可：用iPad演奏了NikolaiRimsky-Korsakov的名曲野蜂。
• Often what I discover on my own, about a year later, becomes an offbeat trend.
  常常是，我有了一个新发现，一年之后，它就成为一种非正统的时尚。
• By taking attendees out of the typical conference space, we, myself and all of the attendees that I consulted about the idea, hope that attendees will be inspired to be offbeat.
  将与会者带出典型的会议场所，我们，我和其他的与会者都希望能够被激发起反传统的欲望。
• I feel very fortunate in that regard, especially having begun the study of Chinese when it was considered an offbeat, arcane pursuit by many.
  我觉得自己在这方面是非常幸运的，特别是在大多数人都认为是离经叛道、不可思议的时候学起了中文。
• There is something offbeat about him.
  他有点不对劲！
• They also produce a fortnightly newspaper, OffBeat, monitor media coverage of police and criminal activities; closely related or associated.
  警察公共关系科又制作一份双周刊《警声》，并密切注意传媒对警方及犯罪活动的报道。
• It encouraged experimenters to propose offbeat or novel approaches to problems.
  它鼓励实验人员提出大胆或创新的方法来解决问题。
• McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side
  麦格拉思记得他不同寻常的幽默感和他古怪的一面。
• Dingyu, a freshman of Huzhong University of Science and Technology, has an offbeat hobby& eat insects.
  华中科技大学的一名大一新生有着不寻常的嗜好&吃昆虫。