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scrap·heap /ˈskræphiːp/ noun 1 on the scrapheap informalGET RID OF not wanted or used anymore – used especially when this seems unfair 废弃的，不再用的，被抛弃的〔尤用于看起来不公平时〕 Three years later he was on the political scrapheap. 三年后，他就被政坛抛弃。2. [countable]RUBBISH/WASTE a pile of unwanted things, especially pieces of metal 废料堆〔尤指废金属堆〕Examples from the Corpusscrapheap• The rejection meant our daughter was already on life's scrapheap.• What does it mean if you have been there for 20 years and feel you are thrown on the scrapheap?• He liked the way female models were thrown on the scrapheap by their late twenties.scrap·heap nounChineseSyllable anymore this when Corpus wanted or – used not used especially |