dead letter

常见例句

Take the dead-letter drop, where an item can be left inconspicuously and securely for someone else to pick up.
把秘密情报投放点选择在东西留在那里而不易被发现却可以让别人安全的取走的地方。
Messages can be put on the dead-letter queue by queue managers, message channel agents (MCAs), and applications.
消息可由队列管理器、消息通道、消息通道代理程序（MCA）和应用程序放到死信队列上。
In more robust environments, set up a dead-letter handler as a trigger so that the dead messages are automatically re-tried without intervention.
在要求最可靠的环境中，将死信处理程序设置为触发器，以便自动重试死消息而无需人工介入。

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