offbeat

英 [ˌɒfˈbiːt]

美 [ˌɔːfˈbiːt]

adj.  不寻常的; 不落俗套的; 标新立异的

GRE

BNC.35050 / COCA.15164

牛津词典

adj.

• 不寻常的；不落俗套的；标新立异的
  different from what most people expect
  1. offbeat humour
     另类的幽默
  2. an offbeat approach to interviewing
     别开生面的采访

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不寻常的；非常规的；非正统的
  If you describe something or someone asoffbeat, you think that they are different from normal.
  1. She adores old, offbeat antiques.
     她非常喜欢那些稀奇古怪的老古董。
  2. ...a wickedly offbeat imagination.
     绝妙另类的想象力

英英释义

noun

• an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
  Synonym:upbeat

adj

• informal terms
  Synonym:far-outkinkyquirkyway-out

双语例句

• Piano master Lang Lang performed a surprising, offbeat encore at a concert in San Francisco: the pianist played Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the iPad.
  钢琴大师朗朗用一种令人惊叹的方式在旧金山演奏了一曲安可：用iPad演奏了NikolaiRimsky-Korsakov的名曲野蜂。
• Because a frilled lizard on the run is one of nature's most offbeat, entertaining sights.
  因为逃跑中的皱褶蜥蜴是自然界最反传统和娱乐的景观之一。
• We'll have no more offbeat dialogue.
  我们不会再有不合常规的对话了。
• I feel very fortunate in that regard, especially having begun the study of Chinese when it was considered an offbeat, arcane pursuit by many.
  我觉得自己在这方面是非常幸运的，特别是在大多数人都认为是离经叛道、不可思议的时候学起了中文。
• They also produce a fortnightly newspaper, OffBeat, monitor media coverage of police and criminal activities; closely related or associated.
  警察公共关系科又制作一份双周刊《警声》，并密切注意传媒对警方及犯罪活动的报道。
• Often what I discover on my own, about a year later, becomes an offbeat trend.
  常常是，我有了一个新发现，一年之后，它就成为一种非正统的时尚。
• Listen to interesting and offbeat interviews and discussions with software innovators.
  收听新颖有趣的软件创新者访谈和讨论。
• They're also weighing into casinos, a popular hangout for Chinese travelers, as well as experimenting with more offbeat attractions such as a China-themed amusement park.
  同时，他们也在投资赌场，这是中国游客经常光顾的地方。此外，他们还尝试投资一些更加标新立异的景点，比如中国主题的游乐场。
• Yet it is more than an offbeat parable about co-operation.
  但它不仅仅是一个关于合作的反传统寓言。
• Similarly, scholars and researchers must be given the freedom to choose their own areas of study, no matter how offbeat or seemingly useless those areas may be.
  相类似地，学者和研究人员必须被赋予去选择他们自己研究领域的自由，无论那些领域可能是多么的怪异或似乎毫无用处。