moot

• adj. 无实际意义的；未决议的
• vt. 提出…供讨论
• n. 大会；辩论会；假设案件
• n. (Moot)人名；(英)穆特

来自Proto-Germanic*motan,集会，会面，词源同meet.引申词义大会，讨论会。后作为法学院学生俚语用以指模拟辩论，模拟开庭，并引申讽刺词义无实际意义的。

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

"he organized the weekly moot"

moot

moot: [OE] Etymologically, a ‘moot point’ is one talked about at a ‘meeting’. For ‘meeting’ is the original sense of the noun moot – particularly as applied in early medieval England to a meeting functioning as a court of law. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mōtam ‘meeting’, source also of English meet. Its modern adjectival usage seems to have emerged in the 16th century. The derived verb moot goes back to Old English times (mōtian ‘converse, plead in court’), but again its present-day use, for ‘suggest, propose’, is a more recent development, dating from the 17th century.
=> meet

moot (n.)

"assembly of freemen," mid-12c., from Old English gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), "society, assembly, council," from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (compare Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)).

moot (adj.)

"debatable; not worth considering" from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.

moot (v.)

"to debate," Old English motian "to meet, talk, discuss," from mot (see moot (n.)). Related: Mooted; mooting.

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。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.

不知道他还能这样做多久。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He organized the weekly moot.

他主持了那场每周假设案件辩论会.

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Welcome to the Guangzhou fair, Mr. Moot. Wish you'll have a wonderful time at the fair.

欢迎您到广交会来, 莫特先生. 但愿您在交易会上会很开心.

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The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.

那个在董事会上(提出讨论)的问题仍(未决的).

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That is a moot question.

那是个议而未决的问题.

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This bulletin is provided by Moot and Advocacy Club and posted by Faculty of Law.

此通告由模拟法庭俱乐部提供、法学院代传.

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Since the accusedis already in custody, I assumebail is moot?

已经被告已经被在押我推测保释有待讨论?

电影对白

The graph is Shiluode a this party politics is elaborated to advocate on moot.

图为施罗德(发言者)在辩论会上阐述该党政治主张.

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Ita moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first.

讨论鸡生蛋还是蛋生鸡,毫无意义.

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It a moot point how far this is rooted in fundamentals.

但这种强劲表现多大程度上是基于基本面因素则有待商榷.

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Whether any of this truly endorses Dr Patel's hypothesis is moot.

这些视频能否真正证明帕特的假设成立还是个未知数.

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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 )

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There, he won the moot court competition and took a degree in 1959.

在那里, 他在模拟法庭竞赛中获胜并于1959年获得学位(法学博士学位).

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If you've been fired because of some horrible offense, this may be a moot point.

如果你是因为一些可怕的攻击而被炒掉, 这条建议就是不现实的.

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The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.

石油和核能之间的关系还很有争议.

辞典例句

It was a fair question at the time. Last summer made a moot one.

当时,这还是个公平的问题. 可去年夏天(冠军)让这个问题变得毫无意义.

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But it is a moot question who exactly is subsidising whom.

然而到底谁给了谁好处,这是个悬而未决的问题.

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It's a moot point whether men or women are better drivers.

男女司机孰优孰劣尚有争论.

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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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.

不知道他还能这样做多久。

柯林斯例句