moot

提案する、持ち出す

話し合いの対象として、考えを持ち出す。

やさしい英語で： To suggest an idea so that people can discuss it.

• They mooted a new plan.
• The idea was first mooted at a staff meeting.
• Would the council moot a change to the rules?

類義語： suggest, propose, raise

よく使う表現： moot an idea, moot a proposal, moot a plan

議論する、討論する

ある問題や考えについて、異なる意見を検討しながら話し合う。

やさしい英語で： To discuss a question or idea and consider different views.

• They mooted the question for hours.
• Scholars once mooted whether the king had acted fairly.
• The committee will moot the merits of both plans.

類義語： debate, discuss

よく使う表現： moot a question, moot an issue, moot the merits

無意味にする、争点をなくす

ある問題の重要性をなくしたり、判断する必要をなくしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make a question or issue no longer matter or need a decision.

• The agreement mooted the dispute.
• A new law may moot the entire case.
• Her resignation mooted the question of whether she should be dismissed.

類義語： render irrelevant

よく使う表現： moot the issue, moot a case, moot an appeal

模擬裁判で弁論する

主に法律の勉強で、架空の事件について練習として弁論する。

やさしい英語で： To argue an imagined legal case as practice, usually while studying law.

• The students mooted a case.
• She will moot before three visiting judges.
• We mooted the same imaginary dispute in two different teams.

使い方： moot before someone (The students mooted before a panel of lawyers.)

よく使う表現： moot a case, moot before judges

理論上の、思考上の

実用的な目的はなく、考えや議論の上だけで扱われる。

やさしい英語で： Considered only as an idea or discussion, without a practical purpose.

• This is a moot question.
• The class explored a moot problem with no real case behind it.
• Their discussion remained a moot exercise, with no practical goal.

類義語： academic, theoretical, hypothetical

反対語： practical

よく使う表現： moot question, moot discussion, moot exercise

模擬裁判

法律を学ぶ学生が、架空の事件について弁論する練習の裁判。

やさしい英語で： A practice court session in which law students argue an imagined case.

• Our class held a moot.
• She argued for the defendant in the moot.
• The judges praised both teams after yesterday's moot.

類義語： moot court

よく使う表現： student moot, moot competition, annual moot

共同体による調停

アフリカの一部で、共同体が争いを解決し、対立した人々の共存を助ける仕組み。

やさしい英語で： A community process in parts of Africa that settles disputes and helps opponents live together again.

• The elders arranged a moot.
• Both families spoke at the moot before agreeing to make peace.
• The moot helped the neighbors return to community life.

類義語： community arbitration

よく使う表現： community moot, hold a moot, local moot

ローバースカウト大会

スカウトの年長部門の隊員が集まる催しで、キャンプ形式が多い。

やさしい英語で： A gathering, often a camp, for members of the older age group in scouting.

• Our Rovers attended a moot.
• They pitched their tents at the international moot.
• The next moot will bring together scouts from many countries.

類義語： Rover gathering

よく使う表現： international moot, rover moot, attend a moot