Even androids end up on the scrap heap.

就连机器人最后也会被扔到垃圾堆。

Baz, Ebbers was supposed to be working with the scrap heap.

巴兹，应该由埃伯斯处理那堆剩菜。

American steel makers also had scrap heaps whose size astounded the foreign observers; they never hesitated to discard the most expensive plants if by so doing they could reduce the cost of steel rails by a dollar a ton.

美国钢铁制造商也有废料堆，其规模令外国观察家大吃一惊。他们毫不犹豫地丢弃最昂贵的设备，如果这样做可以将每吨钢轨的成本降低一美元。