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Synergy is what you get when two or more things work together and the result is bigger than the two results added up. Two medicines taken together may help far more than either alone; two departments that share what they know may solve a problem neither could solve by itself. That is the honest meaning, and it is used seriously in science and medicine — 'a synergy between the two drugs'.
Synergy「Synergy」（綜效） is指的是 what you get當...時得到的效果 when two or more things work together當兩個或更多東西一起運作 and the result is bigger than the two results added up結果比兩個結果加起來還要大 Two medicines taken together兩種藥一起服用 may help far more than either alone可能比單獨服用有效得多 two departments兩個部門 that share what they know分享彼此知道的事 may solve a problem neither could solve by itself可能解決單靠一個部門解決不了的問題 That is the honest meaning這是誠實的本義 and it is used seriously在科學和醫學裡是很嚴肅地使用的 in science and medicine（見上） 'a synergy between the two drugs'.「兩種藥物之間的 synergy」
In business it has had a harder life. Companies merging love to promise 'synergies', and it has been said so often, so vaguely, that many people now hear it as empty management talk, sometimes even as a polite word for cutting jobs after a merger. So the word is true and useful, but it carries a slight smell of the meeting room; use it where you can point at the real extra effect.
In business在商業界裡 it has had a harder life這個詞的境遇就比較坎坷了 Companies merging公司合併時 love to promise 'synergies'很愛承諾會有「synergies」 and it has been said so often, so vaguely這個詞被說得太頻繁、太空泛 that many people now hear it as empty management talk以至於現在很多人一聽就覺得是空洞的管理術語 sometimes even as a polite word有時候甚至是委婉的說法 for cutting jobs after a merger指合併後裁員 So the word is true and useful所以這個詞是真實而有用的 but it carries a slight smell of the meeting room但帶著一點會議室的味道 use it只使用它 where you can point at the real extra effect在你能指出真正的額外效果時
The adjective is 'synergistic', the plural 'synergies' is common in the business sense, and 'synergise/synergize' as a verb sounds like a joke about business language to many ears.
The adjective is 'synergistic'形容詞是 synergistic the plural 'synergies' is common in the business sense複數形式 synergies 在商業用法裡很常見 and 'synergise/synergize' as a verb而動詞 synergise/synergize sounds like a joke about business language在很多人聽來就像是拿商業術語開的玩笑 to many ears（見上）
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synergynoun/ˈsɪnəd͡ʒi/
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mathematicssciencessystems-theoryA synonym of binding energy.
- Depending on the initial condition of the system (initial alphabet and number of elements) the co-evolution of nested local and global hierarchies continues until the system reaches a maximum value of complexity. At least for nuclear systems a quantitative variable called "complexity" can be defined, which increases in an irreversible manner during stellar evolution (Winiwarter, 1983). This variable C is composed of an informational measure I describing the variety of the computed formulas and an energetic measure R describing the relative binding energy or "synergy" permitting the coherence of the system.
- In short, synergy is the consequence of the energy expended in creating order. It is locked up in the viable system created, be it an organism or a social system. It is at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system's components. Whenever the system is dismembered to examine its components, this binding energy dissipates. An ordered library offers systemic possibilities, such as rapid search, selection, and aggregation, that cannot be explained by looking at the books themselves. These possibilities only exist because of the investment made in defining and creating interrelations between the books, their physical arrangement and the catalogues.
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medicinephysiologysciencesThe cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.
- the digestive synergy
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medicinepharmacologysciencesThe combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.
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Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.
- Others argued that the notion of a targeted war on a particular disease inevitably distracted from natural synergies with other areas of research.
- Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn Sheffield-Leeds-Teesside-Tyneside), helping it to be capable of competing internationally through the synergy of skills and skilled people.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。