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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.
  你是个爱自行其是的人，你样样事情都要尝试一下。
• The maverick approach seems to have worked pretty well for them.
  如今看来，这种特立独行的方法对他们似乎相当奏效。
• 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。
• Congressman Black is a real maverick but the voters keep sending him back to Washington.
  议员布拉克是个真正的独立议员，但是选民们还是一直让他当选。