maverick

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. 特立獨行的人

He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office. 他太特立獨行了，永遠都擔當不了高級職位。

2. ADJ Maverick is also an adjective. 特立獨行的[ADJ n]

...a maverick group of scientists, who oppose the prevailing medical opinion on the disease. …一群特立獨行的科學家，他們反對關于這種疾病的醫(yī)學界的盛行觀點。