Being recognized as a maverick and a leader isn't a deliberate process you need to set up like a goal.

被认为是一个标新立异的人和领导不是一个审慎的过程，你不必设立一个像这样的目标。

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He was too much of a maverick ever to hold high office.

他太特立独行了，永远都担当不了高级职位。

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Power, strength of character, confidence, a maverick nature and an immensely interesting personality.

有力量，个性，自信，出生牛犊不怕死的性格和十分有趣的人格。

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He is a maverick in a country whose financial institutions have long operated around hak-yeon, ji-yeon and hyul-yun (school, hometown and kinship ties) and government diktat on who to lend to and how much.

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Against this background, Mr Magueijo's attempt to portray himself as a brilliant maverick, a successor to Richard Feynman, or a rival theorist to the great Einstein, is simply laughable.

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Lastly, I don't believe a single Dallas Maverick is a taxpayer in Ohio.

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