mooted

英 [ˈmuːtɪd]

美 [ˈmuːtɪd]

v.  提出…供讨论
moot的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提出(计划、主意或主题)供讨论
  If a plan, idea, or subjectis mooted, it is suggested or introduced for discussion.
  1. Plans have been mooted for a 450,000-strong Ukrainian army...
     建立一支拥有45万名士兵的乌克兰军队的计划被提出供讨论。
  2. When the theatre idea was first mooted I had my doubts.
     第一次讨论剧院设想时，我就表示怀疑。
• ADJ-GRADED 有争议的;尚未达成一致的;未决的
  If something is amootpoint or question, people cannot agree about it.
  1. How long he'll be able to do so is a moot point.
     不知道他还能这样做多久。

双语例句

• European Union supervision of national budget deficits, recently mooted, aims to counter domestic politics.
  最近讨论的欧盟（EU）对各国政府预算赤字的监督，目的是对抗国内政治干预。
• Of course, more attacks like this one may kill off any mooted talks.
  当然，更多像这样的袭击会扼杀无实际意义的谈话。
• By the same token, it would be interesting to know whether any of the mooted Republican candidates is capable of mounting, or paying for, a campaign of the same sophistication and scale as Mr Obama's.
  出于同样原因，人们有兴趣知道，在尚未产生的共和党候选人中，是否会有谁能够和奥巴马先生在同样的政治成熟度和选举规模上，上马（或者说支付得起）一场旗鼓相当的竞选。
• A number of mooted deals have collapsed in the past week.
  许多酝酿中的交易在上周告吹。
• A threatened veto by just one of them is enough to block a mooted referral.
  这三国中只要有一个威胁投否决票就足以阻止一项有争议的移交。
• Mr Cameron's speech, perhaps his best to a Tory conference since he impressed enough to see off Mr Brown's mooted snap election in2007, showed an appetite for the fight.
  或许卡梅伦作为一名保守党的最佳表现就是07年当他吸引了众多的选民而送走了布朗的仓促选举中的演讲，显示了他的战斗的欲望。
• When Thatcherites first mooted privatisation it was derided as an impractical dream.
  撒切尔夫人的支持者最初提出私有化的想法时，被嘲笑为不切实际的梦想。
• It is double the mooted valuation of the group four years ago when it last considered listing.
  这是4年前该公司上一次考虑上市时所酝酿估值的两倍。
• Frankfurt and even Paris were mooted as possible usurpers of London's crown.
  在人们口中，法兰克福、甚至巴黎都成了可能夺走伦敦皇冠的篡位者。
• A bid for Dimitar Berbatov, the Tottenham Hotspur forward, has been mooted, with Louis Saha likely to be sold or sent out on loan.
  一份为托特纳姆热刺队前锋迪米塔·贝尔巴托夫的出价已经在讨论了，路易·萨哈很可能被卖掉或是租出去。