| 单词 | moot point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoot point 1. Originally in Law, of a case, issue, etc.: proposed for discussion at a moot (moot n.1 4). Later also gen.: open to argument, debatable; uncertain, doubtful; unable to be firmly resolved. Frequently in moot case, moot point. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > that can be discussed moot1563 pleadable1565 argumentable1588 arguable1611 allowable1712 negotiable1939 neg1961 society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed moot1512 bolt1556 moot case1563 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > matter for discussion questionc1225 pointc1300 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 positiona1398 motivec1400 move1439 gainsay1559 moot point1563 argumenta1568 prop1607 contention1635 corollary1636 hypothesis1669 discursivea1676 contestation1880 submission1884 society > law > study of law > [noun] > discussion of hypothetical cases by students > hypothetical case discussed > point in moot point1563 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain uncertaintya1387 ambiguity1445 moot point1563 measuring cast1631 inconcludency1654 disputablea1657 undefinable1809 tertium quid1826 open question1837 question mark1870 inconclusion1886 disputability1892 borderliner1953 undecidable1965 1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye sig. Vviv That they be not forced to sue the lawe, wrapped with so infinite crickes and moot poyntes. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 9/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The like question [sc. whether ‘fish’ or ‘flesh’] may be mooued of the sell [= seal], and if it were well canuassed, it would be found at the least wyse a moote case. a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) I. 240 I was scarce come into commons, but..I was set at work, arguing a moot-point or law-case on Thursday night after supper. 1658–9 in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 46 Jersey is part of France; so it is a moot point whether a habeas corpus lies. 1732–3 Sir C. Wogan in J. Swift Wks. (1824) XVII. 460 ‘My lords and gentlemen’, says he, ‘it is a very moot point to which of those causes we may ascribe the universal dulness of the Irish.’ 1779 G. Washington Let. 20 Mar. in Writings (1840) VI. ii. 204 The policy of our arming slaves is in my opinion a moot point, unless the enemy set the example. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 271/2 Particular times are appointed for the arguing moot-cases. 1808 Rep. Trials Col. A. Burr II. 78 If a statute of the United States were to adopt a common law phrase, in the creation of an offence, no common law consequences would follow, because we have no common law. But this is a moot point. 1876 A. D. Murray Charnwood 110 It remains a moot problem to be guessed at. 1899 Arch. Surg. 10 190 Those who are already well informed in essentials and quite prepared to discuss moot and difficult points. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 77 An age full..of Moot Questions—some mooter than others. 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest x. 199 Whether he could have bitten us successfully..was rather a moot point, but it was not the sort of experiment I cared to make. 1990 Economist (BNC) 24 Mar. 125 Midland seems likely to be heading for the altar before long. Whether the Hongkong Bank will be the one waiting is a mooter question. < as lemmas |
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