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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++off·load /ˌɒfˈləʊd $ ˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb  1 [transitive]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 EnglishGET 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3 [transitive] 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。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
offloadSome 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 somebodySome companies had offloaded substandard medicines onto Third World countries.
From Longman Business Dictionaryoffloadoff‧load /ˌɒfˈləʊdˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb [transitive]1to get rid of something you do not want by giving or selling it to someoneMost high street chains managed to offload last season’s stock by offering discounts of up to 50%.offload something onto somebodyA dealer offloaded 5,000 of the shares onto a client.2TRANSPORTto take goods off a truck or shipDockers were offloading the ship’s cargo.→ See Verb table
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offload
offload /ˌɒfˈləʊd $ ˌɒːfˈloʊd/ verb
1. [transitive] to get rid of something that you do not want by giving it or selling it to someone else
    offload something onto somebody
    The dealer had offloaded some of the shares onto a willing client.
2. offload your worries/emotions/problems etc British English to tell someone about your worries etc in order to make yourself feel better
3. [transitive] to take something off a truck or ship:
    The men offloaded their cargo.


off·loadBrE /ˌɒfˈləʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊd/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they offload BrE /ˌɒfˈləʊd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊd/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it offloads BrE /ˌɒfˈləʊdz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊdz/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊdz/ 🔊past simple offloaded BrE /ˌɒfˈləʊdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊdɪd/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊdɪd/ 🔊past participle offloaded BrE /ˌɒfˈləʊdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊdɪd/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form offloading BrE /ˌɒfˈləʊdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌɔːfˈloʊdɪŋ/ 🔊, /ˌɑːfˈloʊdɪŋ/ 🔊to get rid of sth/sb that you do not need or want by passing it/them to sb else 把(担子等)转移(给别人);减轻(负担);卸(包袱)~ sth/sb They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。🔊🔊~ sth/sb on/onto sb It's nice to have someone you can offload your problems onto. 有个能分忧的人真是不错。🔊🔊