现在在中国，越来越多的中小企业放弃传统办公室，选择开放式办公空间。
但是在开放式办公室工作真的能增加交流和合作吗？
科学家对这个问题进行了研究，结果表明，这种现代办公室可能并没有你想的那么好。
在研究实验中，职员面对面的社交互动减少了70%多，发送电子邮件的数量却增加了大约20%到50%。
所以，其实在每个人都可以看见自己的空间里工作，人们并没有花更多时间去交流和合作，而是试图用各种方法保护自己的隐私。
也可能对职员的心理造成负面影响，降低职员满意度、注意力水平和职场私密感。
但是公司现在还是更喜欢这种开放式的办公方式，毕竟可以省很多钱。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 中 | zhōng | middle; center |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 办公室 | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 开放 | kāi fàng | to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded |
| 式 | shì | type / form / pattern / style |
| 办公 | bàn gōng | to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work |
| 空间 | kōng jiān | space; room |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 交流 | jiāo liú | communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 进行 | jìn xíng | (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 结果 | jié guǒ | outcome; result; consequence |
| 表明 | biǎo míng | to make clear / to make known / to state clearly / to indicate |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times / modern age / modern era |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 实验 | shí yàn | experiment / test |
| 职员 | zhí yuán | office worker / staff member |
| 面对面的 | miàn duì miàn de | face-to-face; direct personal interaction |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | interaction / social contact |
| 互动 | hù dòng | to interact |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 发送 | fā sòng | to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) |
| 电子邮件 | diàn zǐ yóu jiàn | |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 每个 | měi gè | each; every |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 而是 | ér shì | rather |
| 试图 | shì tú | to attempt / to try |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | to protect / to defend / to safeguard |
| 隐私 | yǐn sī | secrets / private business / privacy |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 心理 | xīn lǐ | psychology; mentality |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 负面 | fù miàn | negative |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 满意度 | mǎn yì dù | degree of satisfaction |
| 注意力 | zhù yì lì | attention |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 职场 | zhí chǎng | workplace / workforce (of a nation or industry etc) / job market |
| 私密 | sī mì | private / secret / intimate |
| 感 | gǎn | (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) |
| 毕竟 | bì jìng | after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis |
| 省 | shěng | to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |