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
- 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。 - Our appeal remained a dead letter.
我们的呼吁犹如石沉大海。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The will itself is made a dead letter.
遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了。 - Greek was a dead letter to him.
希腊文他可是一个字也不识。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。