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.
这辆车是标志504，本应该早扔到废品堆里去的——每扇窗子都裂开了，每寸可见的金属都生锈了。
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.
被人弃之不用、要自己寻找就业途径、自己寻找就业所提供的满足或收入的方法，对于这样的前景，其他人甚是不满。
A person may be thrown on the scrap heap by the age of fifty when many of the best years are still ahead.
人们在五十岁时候可以被掷进废品堆，而那时他最好的工作岁月还有很多。

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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.