Tom is called a free-wheeler because he always does something without permission.

汤姆被认为是一个我行我素的人，因为他总是做些未经许可的事。

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Joe got fired from that big company because they thought he was too much of a free-wheeler: he wouldn't fit into the system. Now he's working as a used-car salesman.

这句话的意思是：“乔伊被那家大公司解雇了，因为他们认为他不能按照公司的制度办事，过于自作主张。”现在，他在一个卖旧汽车的-地方做推销员。

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Joe got fired from that big company because they thought he was too much of a free-wheeler: he wouldn't fit into the system. now he's working as a used-car salesman.

乔伊被那家大公司解雇了，因为他们认为他不能按照公司的制度办事，过于自作主张。现在，他在一个卖旧汽车的地方做推销员。

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But in the short run her unpompous, down-to-earth, jargon-free directness should bring a gust of fresh air to the stale, grey-suited, male-dominated, wheeler-dealing atmosphere of German politics.

ECONOMIST: Angela Merkel, Germany��s new-look conservative