单词 | dead letter |
释义 | dead letter noun MAIL 信件 countable ■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 noun LAW/AGREEMENT 法律/协议 countable usually singular ■a law or agreement which 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。 |
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