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

• But, this doesn't mean the Chinese modeling industry is maverick.
  但，这不意味中国塑造的产业是与众不同的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》。
• 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。
• I've got maverick, alright?
  我已经得到了马华力，行了吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？