dead letter

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.

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.

The will itself is made a dead letter.

遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了.

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

这是一封盲信, 我没有办法投递.

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。

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.

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.

This law has a dead letter.

此法已成为一纸空文.

Greek was a dead letter to him.

希腊文他可是一个字也不识.

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.

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.

It is regrettable that our appeal a dead letter.

遗憾的是,我们当时的呼吁石沉大海.