| 词汇 | dead-letter |
| 释义 | dead letter noun uk /ˌded ˈlet.ər/ us /ˌded ˈlet̬.ɚ/ dead letternoun (MAIL)[ C ] a letter that cannot be delivered to the address written on it and cannot be returned to the person who sent it: 死信，无法投递的信件 the dead-letter office死信处理办公室 Communications - the postal system addy BFPO care ofidiom catch the post collection box consignee delivery direct mail dispatch first class Freepost pigeonhole postage poste restante postmark self-addressed sorting office stamp window zip code dead letternoun (LAW/AGREEMENT)[ Cusually singular ] a law or agreement that is no longer effective: 已失效的法律;形同虚设的协议;空文 The ceasefire treaty was a dead letter as soon as it was signed, as neither side ever had any intention of keeping to it.由于双方缺乏遵守的诚意，停火协定一经签署就成了废纸一张。 Rules & laws administrative admiralty anti-bribery anti-regulatory anti-sodomy blue law humanitarian law invocation juridical juridically juristic land tenure legislation mandatory provision the rule of law Ts and Cs uncalled uncanonical unenforceable Examples of dead letterdead letter For a variety of reasons such orders and decrees often remained a deadletter. In their legal discussions, the rabbis piled up legal technicalities, reducing the irksome biblical command to a deadletter. Clearing the deadletter file, however, required assigning programmers from separate divisions who had never worked as a team before. This bill may benefit organized labor, or it may be like many other laws now on the statute books - a deadletter. In other cases, those that had become a deadletter remained because it was not acceptable to change the laws of the ancestors. For a decade, however, this constitution was a deadletter. In many cases, "bad" practices persisted despite the official public announcements, which became no more than a deadletter. Reforms have ground to a halt and those implemented are basically deadletter. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English However, the time has come to move from words to actions so that the legislation in force ceases to be a deadletter. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I often feel that the legislation which exists at present is very much of a deadletter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a great measure it will be a deadletter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour was saying that that was a deadletter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that to do so is likely to bring a law into disrepute, and even, eventually, to make it a deadletter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a deadletter; if it is there they will appeal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The worst that could happen would be that it would remain a deadletter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dead letter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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