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

• They have maverick, cutting edge approaches& and don't just listen to customers, they lead them.
  他们采取的方法颇为先进，但又不落俗套&他们不仅倾听消费者的心声，而且主动引导客户需求。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I've got maverick, alright?
  我已经得到了马华力，行了吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。