maverick這個詞源于美國西部的牛仔文化，指沒有主人標(biāo)記的小?；蛞粴q牛，因為一位名叫Samuel A. Maverick的德州牛主非常疏忽不給他的小牛打烙印。后來，這個詞就引申為指不受約束或不隨大流的人或事物。

maverick的近義詞有：

• dissident: 指持不同政見或反對主流意見的人，詞源于拉丁語dissidere，意為“分離，分歧”。例句：

  He was a dissident who refused to obey the party’s orders.

• unconventional: 指不遵循傳統(tǒng)或常規(guī)的人或事物，詞源于un-（否定前綴）+ conventional（傳統(tǒng)的，慣例的）。例句：

  She had an unconventional lifestyle that shocked her relatives.

• iconoclastic: 指打破舊習(xí)或偶像崇拜的人或事物，詞源于希臘語eikon（偶像）+ klan（打碎）。例句：

  He was an iconoclastic artist who challenged the norms of his time.

• dissenting: 指不同意或反對主流觀點(diǎn)的人或事物，詞源于拉丁語dissentire，意為“不同意”。例句：

  She was a dissenting voice in the debate.

• out-there: 指非常新穎或奇特的人或事物，詞源于指遠(yuǎn)離正常范圍或界限的地方。例句：

  His music is very out-there and experimental.

• nonconformist: 指不遵從社會規(guī)范或宗教教義的人或事物，詞源于non-（否定前綴）+ conformist（順從者）。例句：

  He was a nonconformist who rejected the authority of the church.

• heretic: 指持異端邪說或與正統(tǒng)信仰相悖的人，詞源于希臘語hairetikos，意為“能選擇的”。例句：

  He was branded as a heretic and burned at the stake.

• heretical: 指異端邪說或與正統(tǒng)信仰相悖的事物，詞源于heretic。例句：

  His views were considered heretical by the orthodox scholars.