scrap heap

1. N-SING 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. 被解雇人群

Thousands of miners have been thrown on the scrapheap with no jobs and no prospects. 數千鑛工被解雇，沒有工作，也沒有前途。

2. N-SING If things such as machines or weapons are thrown on the scrapheap, they are thrown away because they are no longer needed. 廢物堆

Thousands of Europe's tanks and guns are going to the scrap heap. 成千上萬的歐洲坦尅和槍砲將被廢棄。