moot: [OE] Etymologically, a ‘moot point’ is one talked about at a ‘meeting’. For ‘meeting’ is the original sense of the noun moot – particularly as applied in early medieval England to a meeting functioning as a court of law. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *mōtam ‘meeting’, source also of English meet. Its modern adjectival usage seems to have emerged in the 16th century. The derived verb moot goes back to Old English times (mōtian ‘converse, plead in court’), but again its present-day use, for ‘suggest, propose’, is a more recent development, dating from the 17th century. => meet
moot (n.)
"assembly of freemen," mid-12c., from Old English gemot "meeting" (especially of freemen, to discuss community affairs or mete justice), "society, assembly, council," from Proto-Germanic *ga-motan (compare Old Low Frankish muot "encounter," Middle Dutch moet, Middle High German muoz), from collective prefix *ga- + *motan (see meet (v.)).
moot (adj.)
"debatable; not worth considering" from moot case, earlier simply moot (n.) "discussion of a hypothetical law case" (1530s), in law student jargon. The reference is to students gathering to test their skills in mock cases.
moot (v.)
"to debate," Old English motian "to meet, talk, discuss," from mot (see moot (n.)). Related: Mooted; mooting.
雙語例句
1. How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
不知道他還能這樣做多久。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
他爭辯說這項議題已變得毫無實際意義，因為董事會已經(jīng)改變了政策。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The oil versus nuclear equation is largely moot.
石油和核能之間的關(guān)系還很有爭議.
來自辭典例句
4. Since the accusedis already in custody, I assumebail is moot?
已經(jīng)被告已經(jīng)被在押我推測保釋有待討論?
來自電影對白
5. The question mooted in the board meeting is still a moot point.