maverick

mav·e·rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countableC]

UNUSUALan unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful 自行其是的人，特立独行者〔通常很有成就〕

He’s always been a bit of a maverick.

他总是有点特立独行。

—maverick adjectiveadj [only before noun]

a maverick detective

特立独行的侦探

Examples from the Corpus

maverick• He made it clear that he wanted to do it properly and not jump into the primary as a maverick.• A gadfly, a maverick, a treasured pain in the posterior.• Narendra was some kind of new thing, a maverick, rooted in the traditional but open to new ways of being.• Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks.• In the morning, he sharply criticized Jones for maverick marketing policies and accused him of trying to tear down the league.• Those who denounced him as a political maverick were not surprised when, in 1924, he joined the Labour party.• Programmers are often thought of as the mavericks of the computer business.

Origin maverick

(1800-1900) Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle

词汇	maverick
释义	maverick mav·e·rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countableC] UNUSUALan unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful 自行其是的人，特立独行者〔通常很有成就〕 He’s always been a bit of a maverick. 他总是有点特立独行。 —maverick adjectiveadj [only before noun] a maverick detective 特立独行的侦探 Examples from the Corpus maverick• He made it clear that he wanted to do it properly and not jump into the primary as a maverick.• A gadfly, a maverick, a treasured pain in the posterior.• Narendra was some kind of new thing, a maverick, rooted in the traditional but open to new ways of being.• Pat Young is one of the province's best known fashion mavericks.• In the morning, he sharply criticized Jones for maverick marketing policies and accused him of trying to tear down the league.• Those who denounced him as a political maverick were not surprised when, in 1924, he joined the Labour party.• Programmers are often thought of as the mavericks of the computer business. Origin maverick (1800-1900) Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), U.S. cattle owner who did not mark some of his young cattle
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