• n. 沒打烙印的動物；持不同意見的人
• vt. 用不正當手段獲取
• vi. 迷途；背離
• adj. 未打烙印的；行為不合常規(guī)的；特立獨行的

來自美國19世紀德克薩斯農(nóng)場主Samuel Maverick,在當時其它農(nóng)場主都會給自己的牲畜打上記號，只有Mavericks例外，因此，就由其名字引申詞義特立獨行。但據(jù)說他不給牲畜打記號的原因是，既然別人都有記號，那么所有沒記號的牛都是他的。

maverick

maverick: [19] Originally, in the American West, a maverick was an unbranded calf that had become separated from its mother and its herd (by convention, any farmer or stockman who came upon such a calf could add it to his herd and brand it as his own). The name probably comes from Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803– 70), a Texas cattle-owner (and ancestor of the Maury Maverick who coined the word gobbledegook) who did not brand the calves of one of his herds. The familiar modern metaphorical application to an awkwardly independent-minded person was in place before the end of the 19th century.

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."

1. Her independence and maverick behaviour precluded any chance of promotion.

她的獨立精神和自行其是斷送了一切升遷的機會。

來自柯林斯例句

2. You're a maverick and you'll try anything.

你是個愛自行其是的人,樣樣事情都要嘗試一下.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.

他太特立獨行，永遠不可能做高官。

來自辭典例句

4. Politically, she's a bit of a maverick.

在政治方面, 她有點自行其是.

來自辭典例句

5. Wisconsin's independent, maverick, polyglot nature was firmly established by 1848 , the year it became a state.

威斯康星的獨立不羈 、 自行其是 、 多族裔的特性是于1848年它成為一個州時就牢固形成的.

來自辭典例句