dead letter

[ded ˈletə]
  • 释义
  • (无法投递的)死信,形同虚设的规定;

  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.

    很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花.

    ——辞典例句
  • 2、

    Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

    法律如果没有法院来详细说明和解释其真正意义和作用,就是一纸空文.

    ——辞典例句
  • 3、

    The will itself is made a dead letter.

    遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了.

    ——辞典例句
  • 4、

    This is a dead letter, so I can not deliver it.

    这是一封盲信, 我没有办法投递.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 5、

    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。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 6、

    Rules and regulations, once set up, should not be turned into a dead letter.

    规章制度一经订立, 不应成为一纸虚文.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 7、

    In our department, this rule has become a dead letter.

    在我们这个部门, 这条制度已成为一纸空文.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 8、

    This law has a dead letter.

    此法已成为一纸空文.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 9、

    Greek was a dead letter to him.

    希腊文他可是一个字也不识.

    ——辞典例句
  • 10、

    For the computer queues instance, this represents the dead letter queue.

    对于计算机队列实例, 这代表着死信队列.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 11、

    It is regrettable that our appeal remained a dead letter.

    很遗憾,我们的呼吁竟如同泥牛入海.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 12、

    It is regrettable that our appeal a dead letter.

    遗憾的是,我们当时的呼吁石沉大海.

    ——期刊摘选