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

• There is something offbeat about him.
  他有点不对劲！
• 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。
• McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side
  麦格拉思记得他不同寻常的幽默感和他古怪的一面。
• The first was to the graduates of Simon's Rock, an offbeat school in Western Mass.
  第一场是对西蒙洛克学院的毕业生，一个在西方大众眼里比较奇怪的学校。
• The striking feature of the novel full of mysteries, will be explored from its offbeat plot and structure and symbolic descriptions.
  在该作品中，作者将曲折离奇的情节结构与富于象征意味的描写相互交织在一起，使小说表现出强烈的神秘性。
• I even loved his quirks, like his offbeat sense of humor.
  我甚至喜欢他的怪癖，比如他与众不同的幽默感。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you want to link more offbeat hubs ( Baku Kinshasa Paramaribo, anyone?)
  如果你想要加入更多不寻常的城市（巴库-金沙萨-帕拉马里博，有人想去么？）
• It encouraged experimenters to propose offbeat or novel approaches to problems.
  它鼓励实验人员提出大胆或创新的方法来解决问题。