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

• She's our maverick, our wild card.
  她是我们的独行侠，我们的王牌。
• 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。
• She is widely regarded as a political maverick.
  人们普遍认为她是个持不同政见者。
• 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。
• 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。
• So! I guess I'll be Maverick and you can be Goose.
  我会唱你喜欢鹅和小牛的壮志凌云。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。