moot
- IPA[muːt]
英式
- subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty;having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision
- raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
- an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times.;a regular gathering of people having a common interest.
noun: moot, plural noun: moots
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty whether they had been successful or not was a moot point it is a moot point whether such a controversial scheme would have succeeded
- 2. having little or no practical relevance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision the whole matter is becoming increasingly moot
動詞
- 1. raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility) the scheme was first mooted last October
名詞
- 1. historical an assembly held for debate, especially in Anglo-Saxon and medieval times.
- ▪ a regular gathering of people having a common interest.
- 2. a mock judicial proceeding set up to examine a hypothetical case as an academic exercise the object of a moot is to provide practice in developing an argument