英语词汇“moot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mootverb [ T ]

uk/muːt/us/muːt/formal

to suggest something for discussion:

The idea was first mooted as long ago as the 1840s.

His name was mooted as a possible successor.

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Suggestions & proposals

about
float
get at sth
grab
hint
how about...? idiom
how does... grab you? idiom
how/what about...? idiom
it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
might
offer
on the table idiom
point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
posit
postulate
proposal
propose
put
put ideas into sb's head idiom
table

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mootadjective

uk/muːt/us/muːt/

moot adjective (QUESTION)

often discussed or argued about but having no definite answer:

It's a moot point whether building more roads reduces traffic congestion.

not important or not relevant, therefore not worth discussing:

We don't have enough money to go, so it's all moot anyway.

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Debate & discussion

arena
compare
conciliate
dialectic
float around
fly
fly around
get down to business idiom
kick sth around
negotiable
negotiate
parley
reason with sb
reasoning
sophistry
speak
talk sth out
talk sth over
toss
weigh in

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moot adjective (IN LAW)

mainly US specialized law If a legal question is moot, it does not need to be dealt with, because something has happened that solves the issue:

The court's decision became moot when the defendant was found dead.

mainly US specialized law imagined or invented as an example, and so without any legal importance:

a moot case

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Irrelevant

a fifth/third wheel idiom
be neither here nor there idiom
be no object idiom
beside
enter
enter into sth
immaterial
irrelevance
irrelevant
make no odds idiom
neither
nothing
object
odds
picture
prejudice
red herring
tangential
unconnected
wheel

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mootnoun [ C ]

uk/muːt/us/muːt/specialized

a trial or discussion dealing with an imaginary legal case, performed by students in exactly the same way as a real case, as part of their legal training:

a moot court

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Court cases, orders & decisions

actionable
administer
admissible
affidavit
affiliation order
bail
bale
defend
inadmissible
injunction
judgment
judicature
judicial
plea
remedy
retrial
Rex
ruling
separation
sequester

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单词	moot
释义	Contents verb (1) moot (1) adjective (2) moot (QUESTION) moot (IN LAW) noun (1) moot (1) Contents adjective (2) moot (NOT WORTH CONSIDERING) moot (NOT DECIDED) English American mootverb [ T ] uk/muːt/us/muːt/formal to suggest something for discussion: The idea was first mooted as long ago as the 1840s. His name was mooted as a possible successor. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Suggestions & proposals about float get at sth grab hint how about...? idiom how does... grab you? idiom how/what about...? idiom it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom might offer on the table idiom point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom posit postulate proposal propose put *put ideas into sb's* head idiom table See more results » mootadjective uk/muːt/us/muːt/ moot adjective (QUESTION) often discussed or argued about but having no definite answer: It's a moot point whether building more roads reduces traffic congestion. not important or not relevant, therefore not worth discussing: We don't have enough money to go, so it's all moot anyway. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Debate & discussion arena compare conciliate dialectic float around fly fly around get down to business idiom kick sth around negotiable negotiate parley reason with sb reasoning sophistry speak talk sth out talk sth over toss weigh in See more results » moot adjective (IN LAW) mainly US specialized law If a legal question is moot, it does not need to be dealt with, because something has happened that solves the issue: The court's decision became moot when the defendant was found dead. mainly US specialized law imagined or invented as an example, and so without any legal importance: a moot case Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Irrelevant a fifth/third wheel idiom be neither here nor there idiom be no object idiom beside enter** enter into sth immaterial irrelevance irrelevant make no odds idiom neither nothing object odds picture prejudice red herring tangential unconnected wheel See more results » mootnoun [ C ] uk/muːt/us/muːt/specialized a trial or discussion dealing with an imaginary legal case, performed by students in exactly the same way as a real case, as part of their legal training: a moot court Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Court cases, orders & decisions actionable administer admissible affidavit affiliation order bail bale defend inadmissible injunction judgment judicature judicial plea remedy retrial Rex ruling separation sequester See more results » mootadjective [ not gradable ] us/mut/ moot adjective [ not gradable ] (NOT WORTH CONSIDERING) law having no practical use or meaning: Because the claim of negligence was denied, seeking an award for damages was moot. moot adjective [ not gradable ] (NOT DECIDED) (of a matter being considered) that has not been decided and can therefore still be discussed: Whether or not to make the school coeducational is still a moot point, and we’ll be discussing it over the next few months.
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mootverb [ T ]

mootadjective

moot adjective (QUESTION)

moot adjective (IN LAW)

mootnoun [ C ]

mootadjective [ not gradable ]

moot adjective [ not gradable ] (NOT WORTH CONSIDERING)

moot adjective [ not gradable ] (NOT DECIDED)