maverick

独立独歩の、型破りな

他人が反対しても、自分の考えに従って考えたり行動したりする。

やさしい英語で： Thinking or acting in your own way, even when other people disagree.

• She is a maverick thinker.
• His maverick approach challenged the usual methods.
• The party struggled to control its maverick members.

類義語： independent, unconventional, unorthodox

反対語： conventional, conformist

よく使う表現： maverick politician, maverick approach

焼き印のない

持ち主を示す焼き印がない家畜についていう。

やさしい英語で： Describing a farm animal without a burned mark showing who owns it.

• They found a maverick calf.
• Maverick cattle wandered near the ranch.
• The cowboys separated the maverick animals from the branded herd.

類義語： unbranded

反対語： branded

よく使う表現： maverick cattle, maverick calf

一匹狼、異端児

他人の期待に合わせず、自分の考えに従って行動する人。

やさしい英語で： A person who follows their own ideas instead of doing what others expect.

• She is a maverick.
• The party’s mavericks refused to support the bill.
• As a young artist, he was considered a maverick.

類義語： nonconformist, individualist, rebel

反対語： conformist

よく使う表現： a political maverick, a real maverick, an artistic maverick, a scientific maverick

焼き印のない牛

持ち主を示す焼き印がない牛。特に自由に歩き回っているもの。

やさしい英語で： A farm animal without a burned ownership mark, especially one wandering freely.

• A maverick joined the herd.
• The rancher branded the maverick he had found.
• Cowboys gathered several mavericks during the roundup.

類義語： unbranded animal

よく使う表現： a stray maverick, brand a maverick

盗品

誰かが不正に持ち去ったもの。

やさしい英語で： Something that a person has taken dishonestly.

• The watch was a maverick.
• He hid his mavericks under the bed.
• The trader was caught selling a maverick.

類義語： stolen property, loot

よく使う表現： a stolen maverick, a maverick stash

焼き印のない牛を自分のものにする

野外にいる焼き印のない牛を捕まえ、自分のものだとする。

やさしい英語で： To take an unmarked farm animal from open land and claim it as your own.

• He mavericked a stray calf.
• The rancher was accused of mavericking cattle.
• They tried to maverick unbranded animals from the open range.

よく使う表現： maverick a calf, maverick stray cattle

不法に奪う

法律上、自分のものにする権利がないものを取る。

やさしい英語で： To take something that you have no legal right to own.

• He mavericked his neighbour’s tools.
• They were accused of mavericking public land.
• The trader had mavericked goods belonging to another merchant.

類義語： steal, misappropriate

よく使う表現： maverick someone’s property, maverick something