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

法律

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
  Synonym:dead mail
• the state of something that has outlived its relevance
  Synonym:non-issue

双语例句

• Articles of association should be a place where the investors compete for their interest and regulate the orders of the company rather than a dead letter.
  公司章程不应再是一纸空文，而应当是投资者争取投资利益，规范公司管理秩序的战场。
• 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。
• Rules and regulations, once set up, should not be turned into a dead letter. related to or involving literary fiction.
  规章制度一经订立，不应成为一纸虚文。与文学虚构有关，或包含文学虚构。
• For instance, we were using ActiveMQ when it did not have a strong dead letter processing capability.
  例如，在ActiveMQ还没有一强大的死信处理能力的时候我们正在使用它。
• This is a dead letter, so I can not deliver it.
  这是一封盲信，我没有办法投递。
• In addition, it is a good system will also need bodies to implement, or it amounted to a dead letter.
  另外，再好的制度也需要人来贯彻执行，否则无异于一纸空文。
• A telephone call is dead as soon as it's over, but a letter can last forever.
  电话一打完就结束了，而信件可以永久保存。
• After the proposal was put forward it simply remained a dead letter.
  建议提出后，却如石沉大海。