maverick
maverick这个词源于美国西部的牛仔文化,指没有主人标记的小牛或一岁牛,因为一位名叫Samuel A. Maverick的德州牛主非常疏忽不给他的小牛打烙印。后来,这个词就引申为指不受约束或不随大流的人或事物。
maverick的近义词有:
dissident: 指持不同政见或反对主流意见的人,词源于拉丁语dissidere,意为“分离,分歧”。例句:
He was a dissident who refused to obey the party’s orders.
unconventional: 指不遵循传统或常规的人或事物,词源于un-(否定前缀)+ conventional(传统的,惯例的)。例句:
She had an unconventional lifestyle that shocked her relatives.
iconoclastic: 指打破旧习或偶像崇拜的人或事物,词源于希腊语eikon(偶像)+ klan(打碎)。例句:
He was an iconoclastic artist who challenged the norms of his time.
dissenting: 指不同意或反对主流观点的人或事物,词源于拉丁语dissentire,意为“不同意”。例句:
She was a dissenting voice in the debate.
out-there: 指非常新颖或奇特的人或事物,词源于指远离正常范围或界限的地方。例句:
His music is very out-there and experimental.
nonconformist: 指不遵从社会规范或宗教教义的人或事物,词源于non-(否定前缀)+ conformist(顺从者)。例句:
He was a nonconformist who rejected the authority of the church.
heretic: 指持异端邪说或与正统信仰相悖的人,词源于希腊语hairetikos,意为“能选择的”。例句:
He was branded as a heretic and burned at the stake.
heretical: 指异端邪说或与正统信仰相悖的事物,词源于heretic。例句:
His views were considered heretical by the orthodox scholars.


