dumping ground

ˈdumping ˌground noun [countableC]

1 a place where people get rid of waste material 垃圾倾倒场

dumping ground for

Rivers have always been a dumping ground for man’s unwanted waste.

河流一直是人类的垃圾倾倒场。

2 a place where people are sent when no one knows how to deal with them 把难缠的人打发去的地方

dumping ground for

The prison has been the dumping ground for difficult prisoners for years.

这座监狱多年来一直是关押难缠犯人的地方。

Examples from the Corpus

dumping ground• Were special education classes being used as a dumping ground for unwanted and troublesome minority group students?• They are often used as a dumping ground by nearby businesses or as living quarters and toilets for the homeless.• What it was, was not a school but a dumping ground.• But the woods were saved, thanks to the difficulties of farming on land that is a dumping ground of glacial fill.• We have acquired a reputation as the dumping ground with lightning speed.

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