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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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.
辞典例句
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.
辞典例句
It is regrettable that our appeal a dead letter.
遗憾的是,我们当时的呼吁石沉大海.
期刊摘选
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.
期刊摘选
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.
期刊摘选
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.
期刊摘选
This is a dead letter, so I can not deliver it.
这是一封盲信, 我没有办法投递.
期刊摘选
The will itself is made a dead letter.
遗嘱本身成了一纸空文了.
辞典例句
Greek was a dead letter to him.
希腊文他可是一个字也不识.
辞典例句
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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
This law has a dead letter.
此法已成为一纸空文.
期刊摘选
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。
柯林斯例句