dead letter
英 [ˌded ˈletə(r)]
美 [ˌded ˈletər]
n. 无人遵守的法律; 形同虚设的规定; 空文; 死信; 无法投递(或退回)的邮件
牛津词典
noun
- 无人遵守的法律；形同虚设的规定；空文
a law or an agreement that still exists but that is ignored - 死信；无法投递（或退回）的邮件
a letter that cannot be delivered to an address or to the person who sent it
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 形同虚设的法律（或协议）；空文
If you say that a law or agreement is adead letter, you mean that it still exists but people ignore it.- No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.
没有人执行它，该法律变成了一纸空文。
- No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.
英英释义
noun
- mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
- the state of something that has outlived its relevance
双语例句
- The author believes that the address tenure issues, the most fundamental is to improve laws and regulations at the same time, to increase its operability, and prevent it from becoming a dead letter.
我认为要解决其归属问题，最根本的是在完善法律法规的同时，还应增加其可操作性，防止其成为一纸空文。 - The will itself is made a dead letter.
遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了。 - A dead person can't write a letter.
一个逝去的人是不会写信的。 - The key point in the property punishment is in the implementation. The property can not be executed is like a dead letter. While the main crux of the property punishment is that punishment is difficult to perform or not performed.
财产刑的关键在于执行，不能得到执行的财产刑判决无异于一纸空文，而财产刑的主要症结就在于难予执行或不执行。 - The dispute between two countries was unavoidable because of its own deficiencies of the treaty, and the treaty became a dead letter.
由于禁酒条约自身的缺陷，两国难以避免地出现纠纷，禁酒条约也沦为一纸空文。 - It is regrettable that our appeal remains a dead letter.
遗憾的是，我们的呼吁没有得到响应。 - Greek was a dead letter to him.
希腊文他可是一个字也不识。 - This law has become a dead letter.
此法已成为一纸空文。 - After the proposal was put forward it simply remained a dead letter.
建议提出后，却如石沉大海。 - To reign in the late escape people basically disappeared, although the law did not escape were abolished, has lost its value and significance of its existence, become a dead letter.
到康熙中后期，逃人基本绝迹，逃人法虽未被废止，却失去了其存在价值和意义，成为一纸空文。