maverick

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mav·e·rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countable]  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 adjective [only before noun] a maverick detective 特立独行的侦探

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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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maverick
mav‧e‧rick /ˈmævərɪk/ noun [countable]an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful:
    He’s always been a bit of a maverick.
—maverick adjective [only before noun]:
    a maverick detective

mav·er·ickBrE /ˈmævərɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmævərɪk/ 🔊 nouna person who does not behave or think like everyone else, but who has independent, unusual opinions 持不同意见者；独行其是者；言行与众不同者▸ mav·er·ick adjective [only before noun] ◆a maverick film director独行其是的电影导演