mooted
past simple and past participle ofmoot
| 单词 | mooted |
| 释义 | mooted past simple and past participle ofmoot moot verb[T] formaluk/muːt/us/muːt/tosuggestsomething fordiscussion: Theideawas first mooted aslongago as the 1840s. Hisnamewas mooted as apossiblesuccessor. Suggestions & proposals
Examplesofmootedmooted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Indeed, the ' privatisation ' of water has been shrouded in secrecy since the idea was firstmootedin the early 1990s. From theCambridge English Corpus When reconciliation became a possibility, it too wasmootedthrough the women. From theCambridge English Corpus The opposite view is taken by those who press for rapid change to minimise the capacity for resistance to themootednew pattern. From theCambridge English Corpus When the notion of the conference was firstmooted, the demand for central bank co-operation was a vague and ill-defined one. From theCambridge English Corpus A conference ismooted, keeping public officials well supplied with club-class tickets and limelight. From theCambridge English Corpus The success of compulsory dipping,mootedsince the 1870s and finally introduced in 1895, depended on fencing to quarantine clean flocks. From theCambridge English Corpus The firstmootedno principles, but was a series of improvised measures, often local, that nowhere changed the fundaments of the state. From theCambridge English Corpus All the various approaches to statutor y interpretationmootedabove can, with different degrees of emphasis, be understood as paying regard to the enactors' intentions. From theCambridge English Corpus Proposals for projects in other sectors, like agriculture, transport, and nuclear energy, had beenmooted, however, and debated on and off. From theCambridge English Corpus The thirdmootedassociation is that between insight and depression. From theCambridge English Corpus When the idea of a survey of the stations was firstmootedin the late 1970s, these three were still largely intact despite the ravages of weather, looting, and vandalism. From theCambridge English Corpus Green's health fluctuated throughout the period when his editorship wasmooted, but his career and reputation rocketed. From theCambridge English Corpus Otello was firstmootedin 1879; by 1882 the libretto was largely finished. From theCambridge English Corpus Restrictions on immigration aremooted. From theCambridge English Corpus The vexed question of popular involvement, for example, which liberals tended to welcome in theory but to avoid in practice, is barelymootedin the text. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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