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- 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。
- He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- Plans have been mooted for a 450,000-strong Ukrainian army...
- 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.- How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
不知道他还能这样做多久。
- How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
英英释义
noun
- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- he organized the weekly moot
verb
- think about carefully
- They considered the possibility of a strike
- Turn the proposal over in your mind
adj
- open to argument or debate
- that is a moot question
- of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
双语例句
- Yet whether that is down to economic interdependence or to the complex EU political ecosystem is moot.
然而,这是归因于经济方面的相互依赖,还是欧盟复杂的政治生态系统,尚待商榷。 - The issue of overloaded backpacks could well become moot if President Obama and his education gurus have their way.
如果奥巴马和他的教育高参们能够一路凯歌,过重的书包有可能将成为过去式。 - Full-time Master of Law Moot Court Norms Course Research
全日制法律硕士模拟法庭课程规范研究 - It is a moot point which issue is most important.
究竟哪一个问题最重要是有争议的。 - Of course, one false move from Iran and this emerging consensus is moot.
当然,伊朗发动错误行动,这种新兴共识也尚未形成定论。 - Study and Application of Internet Moot Court Based on RBAC
基于角色管理的网上模拟法庭的研究与应用 - In this case, any questions of sharing between applications are obviously moot.
在此情况下,应用程序之间的任何共享问题显然可以解决。 - 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。 - Yet it is moot what real powers he will have.
然而,他的实际权力还没有最终确定。 - Hopefully it's a moot point.
希望是个没解决的问题。