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词汇 juggling-act
释义 juggling act
noun[ S ]
uk /ˈdʒʌɡ.lɪŋ ˌækt/ us /ˈdʒʌɡ.lɪŋ ˌækt/
a difficult task or situation that involves dealing with several different things at the same time: (需同时处理几件不同事情的)困难任务(或局面)
Her life is a constant juggling act, coping with career, family, and home life single-handed.她的生活一直不容易,独自一人同时应对事业和家庭。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
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the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom

Examples of juggling act


juggling act
Combining employment and caregiving : an intricate jugglingact.
It has been a real jugglingact for both rapporteurs, especially on our main budget.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
His was not a national appointment; it was an intraparty jugglingact.
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It makes them essential to represent and demand change for all the women in this country whose lives are also a jugglingact.
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For the very poor, survival is a desperate jugglingact.
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Combining paid work and parenting, or caring for dependants, is a constant jugglingact.
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Every day, millions of women perform an incredible jugglingact by going out to work and managing their homes and families at the same time.
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There was a great jugglingact with figures and costs.
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Nevertheless, governors who have to perform a difficult jugglingact to make ends meet and who are looking for some approval for their decisions may be unduly biased.
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This budget achieves value for money, and we can congratulate ourselves that we have achieved that jugglingact and managed to finance enlargement without breaking the ceiling in heading 5.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The jugglingact may involve some comedy or other circus skills such as acrobatics, but the principal focus is the technical skill of the jugglers.
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Instead, it keeps introducing new characters until the plot becomes a jugglingact just when it should be a sprint.
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The circus's many performers include a jugglingact, a trained lion, a boa constrictor, a long-legged clown act, a camel, a high-jumping acrobat, and two white horses.
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It's a breathtaking jugglingact.
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