oddball

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Social oddballs tend to question things.
社會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.
當然還有些奇怪的基金。例如沙特阿拉伯就準備建立一個國家基金用來在貧窮的國家購買農田以滿足國內的日益增長的糧食需求。
Where in the sprawl could I find the oddballs able to see through the glare and take advantage of the city’s unmatched energy?
在這雜亂無章之地，我在哪里才找得到一個奇人可以告訴我如何看透這耀眼俗艷，汲取這城市無與倫比的能量呢？

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.
我們美國人,以及其他與我們采用同一政體的國家,是人類歷史中的異類,明白這一點很重要,因為這個世界發(fā)展的規(guī)律就是,沒有什么是必然的
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節(jié)選

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