To tell someone your worries, your troubles, or a secret you have been carrying, so that you feel lighter afterwards. The picture inside the word is a load on your back that you finally set down.

your worries你的煩惱、your troubles你的困擾，or a secret或一個秘密 you have been carrying你一直藏著的，to tell someone告訴別人，so that這樣 afterwards之後 you feel lighter你會覺得比較輕鬆。The picture inside the word這個字裡的畫面 is是 a load on your back你背上的一個重擔 that you finally set down你終於把它放下來了。

Look carefully at how it is built, because this is where students slip. The usual shape is unburden yourself — you unburden yourself to a friend, or unburden yourself of a secret you have kept for years. You do not unburden your friend, and you do not unburden your problem. The one you set free is you.

Look carefully at how it is built要仔細看它的結構, because因為 this is where students slip這正是學生容易滑倒的地方。The usual shape最常見的形式 is是 unburden yourself「unburden yourself」 — you你 unburden yourself to a friend會對朋友 unburden yourself, or unburden yourself of a secret you have kept for years或把藏了多年的秘密 unburden 出來。You do not unburden your friend你不會 unburden 你的朋友, and而 you do not unburden your problem你也不會 unburden 你的問題。The one you set free你放走的那個人 is you就是你自己。

It is a slightly formal, slightly literary word. In real conversation a Taiwanese student is far more likely to hear "get it off your chest" or "open up to someone" or just "talk to someone about it." You will meet unburden in novels, in newspaper writing, in a serious speech — a place where the writer wants the moment to feel weighty.

It is它是一個 a slightly formal, slightly literary word稍微正式、帶點文學味的字。In real conversation在真實對話裡, a Taiwanese student台灣學生 is far more likely to hear更常聽到的是 "get it off your chest"「說出來讓自己輕鬆一點」 or "open up to someone"或「對某人敞開心房」 or just "talk to someone about it."或單純的「找人聊一聊」。You will meet unburden你會在 in novels小說, in newspaper writing新聞寫作, in a serious speech或正式演講裡遇到 unburden — a place想要讓那一刻顯得沉重的地方 where the writer wants the moment to feel weighty。

Two things travel with it. First, what you unburden is usually heavy: grief, guilt, a long silence — not a small complaint about the weather. Second, there is a hint of relief at the end; the word carries its own happy ending.

Two things跟它一起出現的 travel with it有兩件事。First第一, what you unburden你要 unburden 出來的東西 is usually heavy通常是沉重的: grief, guilt, a long silence悲傷、愧疚、長久的沉默 — not a small complaint about the weather而不是抱怨天氣這種小事。Second第二, there is結尾 a hint of relief at the end帶著一絲鬆一口氣的感覺; the word carries its own happy ending這個字自帶一個happy ending。

There is also a rarer, plainer use — to take a load off an animal or a vehicle — but you will almost never see it, and if you do, the writer is reaching for an old-fashioned sound on purpose.

There is also也有 a rarer, plainer use一種比較少見、比較平實的用法 — to take a load off an animal or a vehicle幫動物或車輛卸下負重 — but but你幾乎不會 you will almost never see it看到這種用法, and而如果 if you do你真的看到了, the writer is reaching for an old-fashioned sound on purpose作者是故意在追求一種老派的語感。