moot
adjective /muːt/
/muːt/
(North American English)Idioms - unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering
（因不大可能发生而）无考虑意义的 - 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。
Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns:- court
- point
词源Old English mōt ‘assembly ’or‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent. - He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
Idioms
a moot point/question
- (British English, North American English) a matter about which there may be difference of opinion or a lack of understanding
悬而未决的事；有争议的问题 - Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.
这是否应该由法律强制执行还没有定论。
- Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point.