maverick

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT If you describe someone as a maverick, you mean that they are unconventional and independent, and do not think or behave in the same way as other people. 特立獨(dú)行的人
He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office. 他太特立獨(dú)行了，永遠(yuǎn)都擔(dān)儅不了高級(jí)職位。
2. ADJ Maverick is also an adjective. 特立獨(dú)行的[ADJ n]
...a maverick group of scientists, who oppose the prevailing medical opinion on the disease. …一群特立獨(dú)行的科學(xué)家，他們反對(duì)關(guān)於這種疾病的毉學(xué)界的盛行觀點(diǎn)。