From this article at the Wall Street Journal.
上記の文で、maverickの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "maverick" mean?
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解答
意味： 英辞郎によると、独立独行の人、独自路線を行く人［組織］、一匹オオカミ
Answer
According to :an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
Etymology/語源
Dictionary.comによると、1865-1870年頃、米英語。テキサス州の開拓者のSamuel A. Maverick (1803年生-1870年没)が自分の子牛に烙印をしなかったことから。
According to Dictionary.com:
1865-70, Americanism; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803-70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded
Examples
- Let him refind his inner rebel, the famous irreverent maverick, let the tiger out of the cage. —Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal, 28–29 June 2008
- In the Senate, however, he had established himself as a bright and prickly maverick, not averse to sharp criticism of his own party, its policies, and its leaders, most especially Bill Clinton. —John Gregory Dunne, New York Review of Books, 13 June 2002
- This, of course, is dangerous for the rest of us. With one successfully repatriated daughter, Papi might yank us all out of college and send us back. Not to mention that it's out and out creepy that Fifi, the maverick, is so changed. —Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, 1991
- “Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.“ — Alan Rickman (actor), “Alan Rickman's Quotes“ Facebook (2008)
- “Listen closely to maverick entrepreneurs…, and you quickly realize that they don't sound like traditional executives.“ —William C. Taylor and Polly G. Labarr, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win (2006)
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