He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy.
他争辩说这项议题已变得毫无实际意义，因为董事会已经改变了政策。
to suggest an idea for people to discuss
1.讨论;提出(问题);(在假设法庭上)实习辩论
1.讨论;(法科学生等的)假设案件辩论会;【英史】(聚议公共问题的)讨论会
1.有讨论余地的,未决的
1.to suggest something as a subject for discussion
1.no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists
2.a moot point, question, or issue is one that people disagree about
1.Of course, the strike group can also read the file, but if I'm the only member of that group, the permission is somewhat moot.
当然，strike组也可以读该文件，但如果我是该组中唯一的成员，那么这个权限是没有实际意义的。
2.Ture, all this planning becames moot when the 40-minute trip takes two hours because of a track fire and a wino who gets caught in the door?
老实说，如果半路遇上火灾或遭遇倒在门里的醉汉，40分钟的行程就得花两个小时，原先的这些计划都得泡汤。
3.Indeed, the question of whether the largest advanced economy regions are going to experience a double-dip recession is almost moot.
的确，那些最大的发达经济区是否将经历“双底衰退”，这个问题基本上还是个未知数。
4.I don't know if it was a ghost she saw, or if it were someone who could climb like an orangutan, but it's all a moot point now.
我不知道坎迪是不是看见了鬼，或者有人能像猩猩那样爬上楼去，总之一切都没有定论。
5.Quite frankly, if I feel much safer, then the issue seems like a moot point: Lock them up!
非常不客气地说，如果想让我感到安全，貌似关键还在于一点：把他们关起来！
6.It is a moot point whether any of the fishy substance actually ends up in the glass.
是否要在玻璃杯中留有一些鱼类成分，这是一个有争议的问题。
7.Whether the symbolic conviction of a former president will change this state of things is moot.
对一位前总统的象征性判罪是否会改变这种状况，目前还不得而知。
8.Third, the question may become moot if the agency ultimately decides not to exercise regulatory power over the complaining party.
第三，如果机关最终决定不对申诉的当事人行使管理权力，问题可能变得不切实际。
9.The point is moot anyway, i'm fairly positive the top four seeds will be the same as they are now and we'll play Utah in the semis.
总之这个问题很无聊。我很确定，西部的前四号种子到了季后赛还会是这四个队进半决赛的，我们会对阵爵士。
10.Yeah I think this question is kinda moot anyway because there's no way Houston is going to be fully healthy in the playoffs.
是的，我觉得这个问题稍显无聊，因为休斯顿怎么样也没法达到在季后赛完全健康。