1N-SING 遭解雇;失业 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. 遭解雇;失业
Miners have been thrown on the scrapheap with no prospects.
大批矿工被解雇,工作没着落。
2N-SING 废物堆 If things such as machines or weapons are thrown on the scrapheap, they are thrown away because they are no longer needed. 废物堆
Thousands of Europe's tanks and guns are going to the scrap heap.