scrap heap

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The car, a Peugeot 504 estate, should have been on a scrap heap – every window was cracked, every visible inch of metal rusted.
這輛車是標(biāo)志504，本應(yīng)該早扔到廢品堆里去的——每扇窗子都裂開了，每寸可見的金屬都生銹了。
Others resent the prospect of being put on the scrap heap and seek alternative outlets for their energy and alternative sources of satisfaction or income that employment provided.
被人棄之不用、要自己尋找就業(yè)途徑、自己尋找就業(yè)所提供的滿足或收入的方法，對于這樣的前景，其他人甚是不滿。
A person may be thrown on the scrap heap by the age of fifty when many of the best years are still ahead.
人們在五十歲時候可以被擲進廢品堆，而那時他最好的工作歲月還有很多。

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If you say that someone has been thrown on the scrapheap, you mean that they have been forced to leave their job by an uncaring employer and are unlikely to get other work.
If things such as machines or weapons are thrown on the scrapheap, they are thrown away because they are no longer needed.