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
- 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。 - This law has become a dead letter.
此法已成为一纸空文。 - After the proposal was put forward it simply remained a dead letter.
建议提出后,却如石沉大海。 - 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。 - 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。 - This is a dead letter, so I can not deliver it.
这是一封盲信,我没有办法投递。 - 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。 - If the preferential agricultural policy implementation is not in place, and even to develop unreasonable, not timely introduction of preferential agricultural policy, is bound to make a dead letter.
如果惠农政策实施不到位,乃至制定不合理,出台不及时,则必然会使惠农政策成为一纸空文。 - 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。 - 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。