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 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。
• 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。
• She's our maverick, our wild card.
  她是我们的独行侠，我们的王牌。
• 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？
• 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）。
• 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。
• I've got maverick, alright?
  我已经得到了马华力，行了吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》。