汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 标新立异
标新立异 (標新立異)
to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
标 Propose / 异 Different, special / Put forward a novel proposition to express a difference
提出新奇的主张,表示与一般不同。
() biāo xīn () yì
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

作者似乎在力图标新立异

The author seems to strain after novelty.

你曾经有标新立异的冲动吗?

Have you ever had an urge to do something strange?

乔布斯先生同样也因标新立异而享有盛誉。

Mr Jobs also has a reputation for showcasing the unconventional.

标新立异要趁早,不要等到老了再穿紫色。

Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

有些人总爱与别人抬杠,以说明自己标新立异,对任何一件事情,不管是非曲直,你说好,我就认为坏;

Some people love to bicker with others, to show their new in order to be different, for one thing, no matter the right and wrong, you say, I think the bad;

人们会料定他是个粗俗的人,或者是个不惜代价渴望标新立异的家伙- - -也可能只是个破罐子破摔的失败者而已。

People will assume that he is crude, or anxious to be different at all costs — or a desperate failure.