moot

英 [muːt]

美 [muːt]

adj.  (因不大可能发生而)无考虑意义的
v.  提出…供讨论
n.  大会; 辩论会; 假设案件

过去分词：mooted　复数：moots　第三人称单数：moots　现在分词：mooting　过去式：mooted　比较级：mooter　

Collins.1 / BNC.14627 / COCA.16127

习惯用语

adj.

a moot point/question
• 悬而未决的事；有争议的问题
  a matter about which there may be disagreement or confusion

牛津词典

adj.

• （因不大可能发生而）无考虑意义的
  unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
  1. He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
     他争辩说这项议题已变得毫无实际意义，因为董事会已经改变了政策。

verb

• 提出…供讨论
  to suggest an idea for people to discuss

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提出(计划、主意或主题)供讨论
  If a plan, idea, or subjectis mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion.
  1. Plans have been mooted for a 450,000-strong Ukrainian army...
     建立一支拥有45万名士兵的乌克兰军队的计划被提出供讨论。
  2. When the theatre idea was first mooted I had my doubts.
     第一次讨论剧院设想时，我就表示怀疑。
• ADJ-GRADED 有争议的;尚未达成一致的;未决的
  If something is amootpoint or question, people cannot agree about it.
  1. How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
     不知道他还能这样做多久。

英英释义

noun

• a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
  1. he organized the weekly moot

verb

• think about carefully
  1. They considered the possibility of a strike
  2. Turn the proposal over in your mind
  Synonym:considerdebateturn overdeliberate

adj

• open to argument or debate
  1. that is a moot question
  Synonym:arguabledebatabledisputable
• of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

双语例句

• Hopefully it's a moot point.
  希望是个没解决的问题。
• When the theatre idea was first mooted I had my doubts.
  第一次讨论剧院设想时，我就表示怀疑。
• How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
  不知道他还能这样做多久。
• It is moot whether this will make any difference to a City trend driven by liquidity.
  至于此举对于由流动性驱动的伦敦金融城趋势将带来什么不同，则是无关紧要的。
• But the point is moot if you don't train at the right pace.
  如果配速不正确，训练则没有实际意义。
• It's true that computer keyboarding has now made the dreaded writing of multi-stroke-characters mostly moot.
  是的，电脑键盘输入让令人生畏的多笔的汉字书写毫无意义了。
• Of course, the strike group can also read the file, but if I'm the only member of that group, the permission is somewhat moot.
  当然，strike组也可以读该文件，但如果我是该组中唯一的成员，那么这个权限是没有实际意义的。
• Whether the interests of these countries coincide with those of the wider world, though, is moot.
  只是这些国家的利益是否与世界更广泛国家的利益一致还不确定。
• Still, to an art-enamored public, the matter may be moot.
  不过，对倾慕艺术的公众来说，这个问题也许无关紧要。
• To plead or argue ( a case) in a moot court.
  辩论，答辩在假设法庭上辩论或讨论（一个案件）