| 单词 | moot |
| 释义 | moot (muːt ) Word forms: moots , mooting , mooted 1. verb [usually passive] If a plan, idea, or subject is mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion. [formal] Plans have been mooted for a 450,000-strong army. [be VERB-ed] When the theatre idea was first mooted I had my doubts. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: bring up, propose, suggest, introduce 2. adjective If something is a moot point or question, people cannot agree about it. How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point. Synonyms: debatable, open, controversial, doubtful 3. countable noun A moot is an event where students discuss a legal question as if it were a court case. In your very first week you do a moot to give you confidence. Collocations: moot an idea He has already mooted the idea with government and will start pitching it to bankers as early as next week. Times, Sunday Times When environmentalists first mooted the idea of a levy on plastic bags, plenty of eyes rolled. Times, Sunday Times Governments have mooted the idea of pay-per-mile road pricing for more than 50 years but schemes have been rejected amid fears that they would be hugely unpopular with motorists. Times, Sunday Times The government mooted the idea of a second bus company in the early 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 提出 Japanese: 提出する |
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