maverick

英 ['mævərɪk] 美 ['mævərɪk]

• n. 未打烙印的小牛；持不同意见者
• adj. 标新立异的

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

2. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

Adjective:

1. independent in behavior or thought;

   "she led a somewhat irregular private life"
   "maverick politicians"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.
   在政治方面，她有点自行其是。
2. The Republican maverick was disliked and distrusted by too many in the party.
   而在共和党内部，有太多人对这位特立独行者抱以嫌恶和不信任的态度。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Robby was a maverick vice cop, never doing things in legal way.
   华比是个特立独行的黑警察，从不以正当手段行事。
2. The maverick Republican has been facing some harsh rhetoric from the far-right.
   这个独来独往的共和党人一直面临一些来自党内极右势力的严辞批判。

经典引文

• He was an original thinker, a maverick who would not be silenced.

  出自： A. Hailey

• Minna..had always been a maverick, the odd one out in a solid, conservative family.

  出自： M. Sarton

近反义词

【近义词】

• rebel 反叛者
• Nonconformist 不墨守成规的...
• eccentric 古怪的
• individualist 个人主义者
• one of a kind 独一无二
• dissident 有异议的
• free spirit 无拘无束的人...
• free 自由的
• spirit 精神
• unorthodox 非正统的
• irregular 不规则的