英汉词典

maverick 基本解释

• n. 没打烙印的动物；持不同意见的人
• vt. 用不正当手段获取
• vi. 迷途；背离
• adj. 未打烙印的；行为不合常规的；特立独行的

maverick 词态变化

maverick 中文词源

来自美国19世纪德克萨斯农场主Samuel Maverick,在当时其它农场主都会给自己的牲畜打上记号，只有Mavericks例外，因此，就由其名字引申词义特立独行。但据说他不给牲畜打记号的原因是，既然别人都有记号，那么所有没记号的牛都是他的。

maverick 英文词源

maverick

maverick: [19] Originally, in the American West, a maverick was an unbranded calf that had become separated from its mother and its herd (by convention, any farmer or stockman who came upon such a calf could add it to his herd and brand it as his own). The name probably comes from Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803– 70), a Texas cattle-owner (and ancestor of the Maury Maverick who coined the word gobbledegook) who did not brand the calves of one of his herds. The familiar modern metaphorical application to an awkwardly independent-minded person was in place before the end of the 19th century.

maverick (n.)

1867, "calf or yearling found without an owner's brand," so called for Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870), Texas cattle owner who was negligent in branding his calves. Sense of "individualist, unconventional person" is first recorded 1886, via notion of "masterless."

maverick 英文释义

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

maverick 双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. You're a maverick and you'll try anything.

你是个爱自行其是的人,样样事情都要尝试一下.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 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。

来自辞典例句

4. Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.

在政治方面, 她有点自行其是.

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5. Wisconsin's independent, maverick, polyglot nature was firmly established by 1848 , the year it became a state.

威斯康星的独立不羁 、 自行其是 、 多族裔的特性是于1848年它成为一个州时就牢固形成的.

来自辞典例句

maverick 实用场景例句

[只用于名词前]a maverick film director

独行其是的电影导演

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

But there are many people struggling with life, not to change maverick mettle and frankness.

但也有不少人一生挣扎, 仍不改特立独行的秉性与率真.

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There's been no spark . No maverick choices . Lennon and Downing are both inspired picks.

他从没有标新立异的决定,但现在伦农和唐宁都是充满创意的选择.

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In 1975 Tommy was adapted as a film, directed by maverick British auteur Ken Russell.

1975年,《汤米》被改编成电影, 由特立独行的英国电影导演肯·拉塞尔执导.

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He's a maverick. He has his own way of thinking about things.

他是个特异独行的人. 对事情有自己的看法.

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Your organisation must be maverick friendly if you want them to stay and perform.

如果你希望他们留下做事,你的组织就必须欢迎特立独行的人.

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Congressman Black is a real maverick but the voters keep sending him back to Washington.

这是说:“布莱克议员是一个真正独行其事的人,但是选民们不断投他的票,推选他到华盛顿去当议员.

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The Republican maverick wasdisliked 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.

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Maverick, unlawful human action rules the markets, unexpected and unimaginable monstrous events shape the markets.

标新立异、不合法规的人类行为支配着市场, 出乎意料且难以想象的骇人事件则塑造了市场.

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As a control, though, the maverick was sometimes programmed to behave in an unusually generous way.

不过, 作为调节, 有时这位特立独行的玩家的编程表现出不同寻常的慷慨.

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You're a maverick and you'll try anything.

你是个爱自行其是的人,样样事情都要尝试一下.

《简明英汉词典》

And beneath their maverick exteriors, such outfits are reassuringly obsessed with cost control.

吉姆?斯特恩(JimStern)曾做过基金经理,后来筹够钱就开始拍摄电影.

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Wisconsin's independent, maverick, polyglot nature was firmly established by 1848 , the year it became a state.

威斯康星的独立不羁 、 自行其是 、 多族裔的特性是于1848年它成为一个州时就牢固形成的.

辞典例句

Power , strength of character, confidence a maverick nature and an immensely interesting personality.

有力量,个性, 自信,出生牛犊不怕死的性格和十分有趣的人格.

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Erin seems to be much more the hair maverick.

埃琳在发式上似乎要标新立异得多.

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But he's such a maverick we cannot count on his voting with the party.

我 真是希望能够得到那个人的支持,但是他的独立性非常强,没有办法肯定他是否会跟著党的意思去投票.

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As a tall, shapely girl Lucy became a favourite of maverick British designer Vivienne Westwood.

作为一个身材高挑 、 线条优美的女生,Lucy成为了英国另类设计师VivienneWestwood的一名当家花旦.

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Some maverick scientists believe that both gravity and light are electromagnetic forces.

某些独立研究科学家们认为,重力和光都是电磁力.

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Within Republican cloakrooms on Capitol Hill , the coolness toward their maverick presidential candidate is mutual.

在国会山上共和党的衣帽间内,这位特例独行的总统候选人与他的党人相互之间表现冷淡.

期刊摘选

Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.

在政治方面, 她有点自行其是.

辞典例句

Ergen, renowned as a maverick and often stubborn manager , would sell the company he founded.

要让埃根松口, AT& T可能 需要开出高价才行.

期刊摘选

Within Republican cloak rooms on Capitol Hill, the coolness toward their maverick presidential candidate is mutual.

在国会山上的共和党的休息室(议会的休息室)里, 他们对其特立独行的总统候选人的疏远是相同的.

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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。

辞典例句

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。

柯林斯例句