Sportsmanship is the quality of behaving well in a game — playing fairly, respecting the other side and the referee, not cheating, and taking the result without making a scene.

Sportsmanship is the quality of behaving well in a gamesportsmanship 指的是比賽中表現得宜的特質 — playing fairly公平競賽， respecting the other side and the referee尊重對手和裁判， not cheating不作弊， and taking the result without making a scene而且不論輸贏都不鬧脾氣。

It is an uncountable noun, so you say 'good sportsmanship', not 'a sportsmanship'. Almost always you hear it with good or poor in front: 'good sportsmanship', 'poor sportsmanship'.

It is an uncountable noun這是不可數名詞， so you say所以你會說 'good sportsmanship'「good sportsmanship」， not而不是 'a sportsmanship'「a sportsmanship」。 Almost always you hear it with good or poor in front幾乎都會搭配 good 或 poor 放在前面： 'good sportsmanship'「good sportsmanship」（良好的運動精神）， 'poor sportsmanship'「poor sportsmanship」（很差的運動精神）。

It reaches beyond sport too — a boss who loses an argument gracefully, or a student who congratulates a classmate who beat them, can be praised for showing sportsmanship. The word carries a warm, slightly moral tone, the kind of thing written on a school certificate.

It reaches beyond sport too這個字也用在運動以外的地方 — a boss who loses an argument gracefully一個雅量認輸的老闆， or a student who congratulates a classmate who beat them或是恭喜贏過自己的同學的學生， can be praised for showing sportsmanship都可能因為展現了 sportsmanship 而被稱讚。 The word carries a warm, slightly moral tone這個字帶有溫暖、略帶道德意味的語氣， the kind of thing written on a school certificate就是那種會寫在學校獎狀上的東西。

Some people now prefer sportspersonship or just say fair play, because sportsmanship has man inside it, but sportsmanship is still by far the ordinary word.

Some people now prefer sportspersonship or just say fair play有些人現在比較喜歡用 sportspersonship，或乾脆說 fair play， because sportsmanship has man inside it因為 sportsmanship 裡面有個 man 字， but sportsmanship is still by far the ordinary word但 sportsmanship 依然是目前最常用的字。