| 单词 | moot |
| 释义 | moot (once / 4484 pages) adjvn When a point is moot, it's too trivial to think about. If your basketball team loses by 40 points, the bad call by the official in the first quarter is moot: it isn't important. Though moot can mean to debate endlessly without any clear decision or to think about something carefully, it most often describes ideas and arguments that don't really matter. If your plane is crashing, whether or not your socks match is a moot point. When someone accuses you of making a moot point, he's basically saying, "Come on! Let's talk about what's important." As with so many things, people don't always agree on what's moot and what's not. WORD FAMILYmoot: mooted, mooting, moots USAGE EXAMPLESPerhaps it’s time to inform Ms. Weingarten and her entrenched American Federation of Teachers that the Constitution is moot on destroying public neighborhood schoolhouses. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) The 2-point conversion attempt was a disaster, but it wound up being moot. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) The 2-point conversion attempt was a disaster, but it wound up being moot. Los Angeles Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) Syn irrelevant having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue 2adj open to argument or debate that is a moot question Syn arguable, debatable, disputable controversial marked by or capable of arousing controversy 3v bring up a topic for discussion Syn|Hypo|Hyper broach, initiate address, cover, deal, handle, plow, treat act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression theologise, theologizetreat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character discourse, discuss, talk aboutto consider or examine in speech or writing discuss, hash out, talk over speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion 4v think about carefully; weigh Syn|Hypo|Hyper consider, debate, deliberate, turn over consider, study give careful consideration to see deliberate or decide premeditateconsider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand debateargue with one another wrestleengage in deep thought, consideration, or debate think twiceconsider and reconsider carefully discuss, hash out, talk over speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion 5n a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise he organized the weekly moot Hyper case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy |
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