oddball

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Social oddballs tend to question things.
社會(huì)的異類傾向于懷疑各種事物。
Then there are the oddballs; Saudi Arabia plans to set up a state fund to buy farmland in poor countries to meet rising food demand at home.
當(dāng)然還有些奇怪的基金。例如沙特阿拉伯就準(zhǔn)備建立一個(gè)國(guó)家基金用來(lái)在貧窮的國(guó)家購(gòu)買農(nóng)田以滿足國(guó)內(nèi)的日益增長(zhǎng)的糧食需求。
Where in the sprawl could I find the oddballs able to see through the glare and take advantage of the city’s unmatched energy?
在這雜亂無(wú)章之地，我在哪里才找得到一個(gè)奇人可以告訴我如何看透這耀眼俗艷，汲取這城市無(wú)與倫比的能量呢？

We are the oddballs in the history of the human race, and anybody who follows our pattern, and it's important to realize that because there's nothing inevitable about the development that has come about to be characteristic of the world.
我們美國(guó)人,以及其他與我們采用同一政體的國(guó)家,是人類歷史中的異類,明白這一點(diǎn)很重要,因?yàn)檫@個(gè)世界發(fā)展的規(guī)律就是,沒(méi)有什么是必然的
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Royce developed his disenchantment with glamour stocks and his preference for oddballs in the early 1970s.
FORBES: About Charles "Chuck" Royce
Some say the Tories will end up allied with oddballs, and neo-fascists from eastern Europe.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
We protect freedom of speech for the benefit of oddballs, dissenters, and minorities of every stripe.
FORBES: A Canadian College Student Vandalizes Free Speech Wall, Then Claims Moral High Ground