maverick
maverick 英 [ˈmævərɪk] 美 [ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk]
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
名词复数:mavericks
- A maverick is a rebel, someone who shows a lot of independence. A maverick on a motorcycle might blaze his own trail, or show a maverick touch in a rough sport by wearing a helmet with the word "Mom" inside a heart.
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- 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
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1. But as his firm grows, he may have to decide whether he is more a capitalist or a maverick.
但随着公司的增长，他可能必须决定自己要做一名资本家还是特立独行者。
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2. As time passed, government reports and announcements flowed over maverick’s desk like a river of mud.
日复一日，政府报告和通知声明像泥石流一般涌向马弗里克的办公桌。
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3. Maybe it made you well up with pride if you consider yourself a fellow maverick.
如果你认为自己也是一个相同的特立独行的人，那么你也许会引以为傲。
- 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."
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