offload

off·load /ˌɒfˈləʊd $ ˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb

1 [transitiveT]GIVE to get rid of something that you do not want by giving it or selling it to someone else 〔通过送人或出售来〕清除〔不需要之物〕

offload something onto somebody

The dealer had offloaded some of the shares onto a willing client.

股票经纪人把其中一部分股票脱手给了一名愿意接盘的客户。

2. offload your worries/emotions/problems etc British EnglishBrEGET RID OF to tell someone about your worries etc in order to make yourself feel better 〔为减轻心理负担而〕倾诉忧虑/情感/难题等

Examples from the Corpus

offload your worries/emotions/problems etc• It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to some one or something like that.

3 [transitiveT] to take something off a truck or ship 〔从卡车或轮船上〕卸下

The men offloaded their cargo.

这些人卸下了他们的货物。

Examples from the Corpus

offload• Some of the recommendations may be bonafide, but slipped in will be those of stocks the firm wants to offload.• Lorries by the hundred, parked for offloading.• Kouao tried to offload Anna on to a family who had done childminding for her in the past.• Farmgate prices have only increased marginally so far because at present growers are keen to offload middle to lower grade quality.• The bank are trying to offload some of their US holdings.• You should try and offload some of your duties and relax more, instead of spending all day at the office.• The main motivation in signing reprocessing contracts will simply be to offload spent nuclear fuel on to some one else.• In conjunction with this they produced a communications system designed to offload the text on to a host computer with the maximum possible reliability.• Forestry companies no longer granted tax concessions have been trying to offload their holdings.• This is the part of the port where tankers offload their oil.• It would be nice to have been able to offload your worries on to some one or something like that.

offload something onto somebody• Some companies had offloaded substandard medicines onto Third World countries.

From Longman Business Dictionary

offloadoff·load /ˌɒfˈləʊdˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb [transitiveT]

1to get rid of something you do not want by giving or selling it to someone

Most high street chains managed to offload last season’s stock by offering discounts of up to 50%.

offload something onto somebody

A dealer offloaded 5,000 of the shares onto a client.

2TRANSPORTto take goods off a truck or ship

Dockers were offloading the ship’s cargo.

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