音标：['mævәrik] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 未烙饲主印记的小牛, 持不同意见的人
vi. 迷路

n. someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
n. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it

词型变化：名词复数形式 : mavericks
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maverick的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.在政治方面，她有点自行其是。
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.)

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。
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

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