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
- Without sound implementation, even a perfect law would be nothing more than a dead letter.
制定再完美的法律，如果不能得到很好的实施，也无异于一纸空文。 - 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。 - Our appeal remained a dead letter.
我们的呼吁犹如石沉大海。 - This is a dead letter, so I can not deliver it.
这是一封盲信，我没有办法投递。 - 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。 - However, newly created queue managers are not configured to use a dead letter queue.
但是，新建队列没有配置为使用死信队列。 - 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。 - 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。 - After the proposal was put forward it simply remained a dead letter.
建议提出后，却如石沉大海。 - The will itself is made a dead letter.
遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了。