Dead letter laws
[法] 徒具空文的法律, 己废弃的条文
🧩 词语组成解析
dead
[dɛd]
adj. 死去的;完全的;无感觉的;呆板的;
adv. 完全地;非常;绝对;极度;
n. 死者;（死一样的）寂静;极寒时候;
letter
['lɛtɚ]
n. 信;证书，许可证;字母，文字;字面意义;
vt. 用字母标明;写字母于;加标题;
vi. 写印刷体字母;
n. 法律；规章（law的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
Thanksgiving was about the Pilgrims,
感恩节是关于清教徒的，
Not necessarily.
不见得。
As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.
由于洪水造成了电话中断，我们无法了解他们情况。