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Social oddballs tend to question things.
社会的异类倾向于怀疑各种事物。
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.
当然还有些奇怪的基金。例如沙特阿拉伯就准备建立一个国家基金用来在贫穷的国家购买农田以满足国内的日益增长的粮食需求。
Where in the sprawl could I find the oddballs able to see through the glare and take advantage of the city’s unmatched energy?
在这杂乱无章之地，我在哪里才找得到一个奇人可以告诉我如何看透这耀眼俗艳，汲取这城市无与伦比的能量呢？

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.
我们美国人,以及其他与我们采用同一政体的国家,是人类历史中的异类,明白这一点很重要,因为这个世界发展的规律就是,没有什么是必然的
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Royce developed his disenchantment with glamour stocks and his preference for oddballs in the early 1970s.
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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