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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_177_bjug·gle /ˈdʒʌɡəl/ ●●○ verb  1 juggling.jpg [intransitive, transitive]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 juggle2 [intransitive, transitive]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 [transitive]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)
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Examples from the Corpus
juggleIt 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 sportsOur 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 Dictionaryjugglejug‧gle /ˈdʒʌgəl/ verb [intransitive, transitive]1to buy and sell different investments frequently in order to make as much profit as possibleTraders 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 effectAfter 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 lifeMany women successfully juggle career and family.→ See Verb tableOrigin juggle (1300-1400) juggler ((11-21 centuries)), from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculari to make fun, from jocus; → JOKE1
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juggle
juggle /ˈdʒʌɡəl/ verb
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: juggler (11-21 centuries), from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculari 'to make fun', from jocus; joke1

1. [intransitive and transitive] to keep three or more objects moving through the air by throwing and catching them very quickly
    juggle with
    One guy was juggling with five balls.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to try to fit two or more jobs, activities etc into your life, especially with difficulty
    juggle something (with something)
    It’s hard trying to juggle a job with kids and the housework.
3. [transitive] to change things or arrange them in the way you want, or in a way that makes it possible for you to do something
    juggle something around
    If I juggle these appointments around, I can fit you in.
balancing/juggling act at act1(12)


jug·gleBrE /ˈdʒʌɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they juggle BrE /ˈdʒʌɡl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it juggles BrE /ˈdʒʌɡlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡlz/ 🔊past simple juggled BrE /ˈdʒʌɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡld/ 🔊past participle juggled BrE /ˈdʒʌɡld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡld/ 🔊 -ing form juggling BrE /ˈdʒʌɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒʌɡlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to throw a set of three or more objects such as balls into the air and catch and throw them again quickly, one at a time 玩杂耍(连续向空中抛接多个物体)My uncle taught me to juggle. 我叔叔教我玩杂耍。🔊🔊~ with sth to juggle with balls抛接球~ sth (figurative) I was juggling books, shopping bags and the baby (= I was trying to hold them all without dropping them). 我手里又是书,又是购物袋,还抱着孩子,跟演杂技一样。🔊🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (with sth) to try to deal with two or more important jobs or activities at the same time so that you can fit all of them into your life 尽力同时应付(两个或更多的重要工作或活动)Working mothers are used to juggling their jobs, their children's needs and their housework. 为人母的职业女性已经习惯了既要工作,又要照顾孩子,还得做家务。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to organize information, figures, the money you spend, etc. in the most useful or effective way 有效地组织,有效利用(信息、数字、开支等)