单词 | dead letter |
释义 | dead letter (once / 9983 pages) n WORD FAMILY dead letter: dead letters USAGE EXAMPLESBut if Social Security cuts were a dead letter in the recently concluded election, after Trump’s still-not-quite-believable victory things look somewhat different. Salon(Dec 12, 2016) Without American action, however, The Hague’s verdict is a dead letter. Washington Post(Jul 14, 2016) If not, the OAS will merely have demonstrated that Latin America’s commitment to collective action to uphold democracy is a dead letter. Economist(Jun 16, 2016) 1n mail that can neither be delivered nor returned Syn|Hyper dead mail letter, missive a written message addressed to a person or organization 2n the state of something that has outlived its relevance Syn|Hyper non-issue state the way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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