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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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》。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？