moot

英 [muːt] 美 [muːt]

• n. 大会；讨论会；辩论会
• adj. 未决议的；抽象论的
• v. 使成为无实用性的东西

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise;

   "he organized the weekly moot"
   

Adjective:

1. of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

2. open to argument or debate;

   "that is a moot question"
   

Verb:

1. think about carefully; weigh;

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"
   "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
   

经典引文

• The point was very moot, and for a moment he hesitated.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

• Whether he could have bitten us successfully..was rather a moot point.

  出自： G. Durrell

• Wright Morris's About Fiction tackles this moot subject with the..resistant prose of his own fiction.

  出自： J. Updike

• Ideas about the possibility of a Zionist state were beginning to be mooted.

  出自： J. N. Isbister

• As the months went by..the mooted job..receded even further into improbability.

  出自： J. F. Lehmann

词汇搭配

• moot court (法学专业学生实习的...
• a moot question 有待进一步讨论的问题...
• a moot point 有待进一步讨论的问题...

近反义词

【近义词】

• debatable 有疑问的，有争议的...
• controversial 有争议的
• theoretical 理论上的
• arguable 可辩论的
• disputable 有争议的
• doubtful 可疑的
• unresolved 未解决的
• unlikely 不太可能的
• unsettled 未处理的
• propose 打算
• put forward 提出
• suggest 建议
• bring up 提出；教育；养育；呕出；...
• introduce 介绍
• present 礼物
• deliberate 深思熟虑的
• debate 辩论
• turn over 滚动
• consider 考虑