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。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns:- court
- point
Word OriginOld 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.
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. 是否应通过法律强制执行这一点是有争议的。