moot

名词 moot:

1. a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise

动词 moot:

1. think about carefully; weigh
   同义词：consider, debate, turn over, deliberate

形容词 moot:

1. of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
2. open to argument or debate
   同义词：arguable, debatable, disputable

1. It's a moot point whether men or women are better drivers.
   男女司机孰优孰劣尚有争论。
2. The question was first mooted many years ago.
   这个问题是许多年前就提出的。

moot

n.（名词）
Law A hypothetical case argued by law students as an exercise.
【法律】 案例；假设案：被法律系学生用作练习辩论的假定案件
An ancient English meeting, especially a representative meeting of the freemen of a shire.
（古英国的）会议：古代英国的会议，尤指州郡中自由民的代表会议
v.tr.（及物动词）
moot.ed,moot.ing,moots

To bring up as a subject for discussion or debate.
提出…作为议案：提出议题以供讨论或辩论
To discuss or debate.See Synonyms at broach
讨论，辩论参见 broach
Law To plead or argue (a case) in a moot court.
【法律】 辩论，答辩：在假设法庭上辩论或讨论（一个案件）
adj.（形容词）
Subject to debate; arguable:
有待讨论的；可辩论的：
例句：
a moot question.
有待讨论的问题

Law Without legal significance, through having been previously decided or settled.
【法律】 不具合法意义的：没有法律上的重要性，通过先例决定的或解决的
Of no practical importance; irrelevant.
没有实际重要性的；不相关的

来源：
Middle English [meeting]
中古英语 [会议]
from Old English môt, gemôt
源自 古英语 môt, gemôt

【引伸】
moot.ness
n.（名词）
As an adjectivemoot has come to be widely used to mean .no longer important, irrelevant,. as inIt`s a purely moot question which corporation you make your rent check out to;
作为一个形容词，moot 已逐步广泛用来表示.不再重要的，不相关的.， 如在你将租金付给哪一个公司并是一个很不重要的问题；
例句：
Brown will get the money in either case.
不管以那种方式，布朗都能赚钱。

This usage may be originally the result of a misinterpretation of its legal sense in phrasessuch asa moot question. A number of critics have objected to this use,but it was accepted by 59 percent of the Usage Panelin the sentenceThe nominee himself chastised the White House for failing to do more to support him, but his concerns became moot when a number of Republicans announced that they, too, would oppose the nomination.
起初这种用法可能是它在法律意义误释的结果，如在短语一个不重要的问题 中， 许多评论家反对这一用法，可是它被用法小组59%的成员所接受，并出现于被提名者本人强烈谴责白宫没能更多地支持他， 但是当一些共和党人宣称他也将反对此次提名时，他就变得不那么重要了一句中