juggle

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ldoce_177_bjug·gle /ˈdʒʌɡəl/ verb

[intransitiveI, transitiveT]DGO to keep three or more objects moving through the air by throwing and catching them very quickly 玩杂耍，边抛边接〔数件物品〕

juggle with

One guy was juggling with five balls.

有个家伙在玩杂耍抛接五个球。

→5 See picture of JUGGLE 玩杂耍 →4 See picture of 见图 juggle

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]D to try to fit two or more jobs, activities etc into your life, especially with difficulty 〔尤指吃力地〕同时应付〔几份工作、多项活动等〕

juggle something (with something)

It’s hard trying to juggle a job with kids and the housework.

既要上班，又要带孩子、做家务，是很难应付过来的。

3 [transitiveT]BF to change things or arrange them in the way you want, or in a way that makes it possible for you to do something 改动；重新安排

juggle something around

If I juggle these appointments around, I can fit you in.

我把这些预约调整一下，就能把你安排进去。

→ balancing/juggling act at act1(12)

Examples from the Corpus

juggle• It helps users to juggle a variety of programs at once, each in its own window on the screen.• suburban working mothers who juggle careers, families, and after-school sports• Our own experiments with people's ability to juggle credit-cost options give no reason to expect different results here.• With school starting, Anna will have to juggle her love of swimming with her homework.• They have to juggle jobs and child care arrangements.• I don't think any man can ever understand the difficulties of juggling motherhood and politics.• Popular actors juggled several productions at once.• To learn to juggle, take one ball and practise tossing it from hand to hand in an easy arc.• By juggling the figures, Taylor can make the data say anything he wants.• Kennedy, like any president, tried to juggle the pressures brought on him by different aides.• The film is about a maintenance man who juggles three jobs to provide for his family.• Some jiggling, oops, juggling was done.• He picked up a book on juggling which his daughter had brought home, and 4 months later he's teaching others.

From Longman Business Dictionary

jugglejug·gle /ˈdʒʌgəl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1to buy and sell different investments frequently in order to make as much profit as possible

Traders juggle stock and options to maximize profits from temporary price differences.

Some investors juggle between stocks, bonds and cash in search of high returns with moderate risks.

2if you juggle numbers or figures, you present them in a different way so that they show different things or have a different effect

After juggling the figures, the Commerce Department now says GNP rose by only 1.4% in the third quarter.

3if you juggle two jobs or activities, you try to fit them both into your life

Many women successfully juggle career and family.

Origin juggle

(1300-1400) juggler ((11-21 centuries)), from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculari “to make fun”, from jocus; → JOKE1

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