Teamwork is what happens when a group of people work together well — each doing their part, helping the others, so that the group gets more done than the same people would alone. It is an uncountable noun, so you say 'good teamwork', 'a lot of teamwork', never 'a teamwork' or 'two teamworks'.

Teamwork Teamwork is指的是 what happens when a group of people work together well一群人合作得很好時發生的事 — each doing their part每個人做好自己的部分, helping the others互相幫忙, so that the group gets more done than the same people would alone讓這群人做到的事比同樣這些人各自單打獨鬥還要多. It它 is an uncountable noun是不可數名詞, so you say 'good teamwork', 'a lot of teamwork'所以你會說'good teamwork'、'a lot of teamwork', never 'a teamwork' or 'two teamworks'絕不會說'a teamwork'或'two teamworks'.

Careful with the meaning, though, because it is narrower than students expect. Teamwork is not simply 'working in a group'. If five people share a room and each does their own job in silence, that is a group, but nobody would call it teamwork.

Careful with the meaning, though不過意思要小心一點, because it is narrower than students expect因為它比學生想的還要窄. Teamwork Teamwork is not simply 'working in a group'不是單純的'一群人一起工作'. If five people share a room and each does their own job in silence如果五個人共用一個房間，各自安靜地做自己的事, that is a group那是一個group（群體）, but nobody would call it teamwork但沒有人會稱它為teamwork.

The word carries approval in it: it points at the co-operating, the passing things smoothly from one person to the next. That is why 'That was great teamwork' is a compliment, and why coaches and bosses say it so often — it praises the way people worked, not the result.

The word這個字 carries approval in it本身就帶著讚許的意思: it points at the co-operating它指的是彼此合作, the passing things smoothly from one person to the next把事情順暢地從一個人交接到下一個人. That這 is why 'That was great teamwork' is a compliment就是為什麼'That was great teamwork'是一句稱讚, and why coaches and bosses say it so often也是為什麼教練和老闆這麼常說這句話 — it praises the way people worked, not the result它稱讚的是人們合作的方式，不是結果.

You will hear it constantly in sport, in offices, and in school reports, sometimes so often that it goes a bit empty, the way any praise word does when it is overused.

You你 will hear it constantly in sport, in offices, and in school reports會在運動、辦公室，還有學校成績單裡不斷聽到這個字, sometimes so often that it goes a bit empty有時候講太多次，就變得有點空洞, the way any praise word does when it is overused就像任何一個被過度使用的讚美詞一樣.