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maverick

/mav-er-ik, mav-rik/US // ˈmæv ər ɪk, ˈmæv rɪk //UK // (ˈmævərɪk) //

特立独行,特立独行的人,特立独行的,特立独行者

Related Words

radical激进的,偏激,偏激的,激进nonconformist不守规矩的人,不合规矩的人,不守规矩,不合群的人extremist极端分子,极端主义者,极端主义,极端主义者bohemian波西米亚,波西米亚人,波希米亚,波西米亚风格dissenter异议者,异见者,持不同意见者,反对者malcontent怨天尤人,怨气冲天,怨声载道,怨气

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
    • : a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates: a modern-dance maverick.a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas: You can't muzzle a maverick.
    • : Maverick, an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 miles.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unorthodox, unconventional, or nonconformist: a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who takes chances, departs from accepted course
Synonyms
bohemian波西米亚,波西米亚人,波希米亚,波西米亚风格dissenter异议者,异见者,持不同意见者,反对者extremist极端分子,极端主义者,极端主义,极端主义者malcontent怨天尤人,怨气冲天,怨声载道,怨气nonconformist不守规矩的人,不合规矩的人,不守规矩,不合群的人radical激进的,偏激,偏激的,激进

Examples

  • The publication—establishing the evidence of what is called adult neurogenesis—gave him a reputation as a maverick who wasn’t afraid to stand behind provocative ideas.

  • We knew the 93rd Academy Awards telecast was going to be different even before the maverick filmmaker Steven Soderbergh signed on to produce it.

  • You get the feeling of the end of Groucho Marx or Salvador Dali here – a maverick in winter, surrounded by con men selling him off for parts.

  • You can find more about the latest episode, featuring Binance’s maverick CEO CZ, below.

  • That might be difficult to conceive at first — Goldwater, “maverick” McCain, and the latter-day celebrity of Sheriff Joe Arpaio have solidified the state as the conservative cowboy of American pop culture.

  • To be bold, to be a maverick, to stretch beyond established limits, is the stuff of inspiration.

  • Williams scored his first Oscar nomination playing maverick U.S. Armed Services DJ Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning, Vietnam.

  • Then, one day, a maverick doctor gave him a miracle too fantastic to believe.

  • Instead, the former five-term congressman said, “They just look at me as a maverick curmudgeon.”

  • Instead, Pressler is already figuring out ways that he can leverage his power as a maverick senator.

  • Thats two of them, old Maverick, called Stone, breathing on his smarting right hand.

  • It was the rule of the cattlemen that a "maverick" belonged to the ranchman on whose range it was found.

  • They say—they think I ought to get married—to Maverick or somebody.

  • Maverick, I saw it all, and I can swear it was self-defense.

  • Maverick covered her with his coat after she was no longer conscious.

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