scrapheap

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines wasn't up to much, and Terminator: Salvation and Terminator Genisys were both so faulty that they almost consigned the franchise to the scrapheap.

《终结者3》差强人意，《终结者2018》和《终结者5：创世纪》漏洞百出，简直把《终结者》系列拍成了垃圾。

And because the income distribution is highly skewed, the stakes are high: working 70 hours a week like it's 1830 all over again may put you on track for a six-figure bonus, while working 35 hours a week may put you on track for the scrapheap.

由于收入分配高度倾斜，这方面的选择事关重大：每周工作70小时（就像又回到1830年）可能会让你有望赚到6位数年薪，而每周工作35小时，可能会让你沦为没出息的人。

Whenever his inventions don't work quite perfectly, Wendel simply throws them on the scrapheap and starts again.

每当他发明出来的东西不好好工作的时候，温戴尔就把他们扔进垃圾堆然后重新开始发明。

Miners have been thrown on the scrapheap with no prospects.

大批矿工被解雇，工作没着落。