什么是剽窃？(What is plagiarism?)

剽窃（Plagiarism）源自两个拉丁文词语：plagiarius （意为“诱拐者”）和 plagiare （意为“盗窃”）。大家知道，“诱拐、拐骗”（Kidnapping）就是偷窃一个人的东西。因此，剽窃就是盗窃一个人的思想或作品。别人的语言文字和思想也是个人财产，如同他人的现金、汽车和计算机一样。被人“剽窃”了的感觉与被人“打劫”了差不多。

剽窃的定义

关于剽窃的定义，搜索网络资料和工具书，常见的有如下几种。

1 Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."

剽窃是使用或相近的模仿其他作者的语言和思想并把其用作自己的原创作品。

维基百科. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

2 Plagiarism in simple words is stealing another person's language and thoughts, and passing it off as one's own original work.

剽窃，简言之，窃取他人的语言和思想，并冒充作为自己的原创作品。

3 The word plagiarism has been derived from the Latin word "plagiarius", which means a kidnapper. Plagiarism literally means stealing or representing the words or concepts, of someone else as your own, without taking the necessary permissions.

剽窃词语源于拉丁文，意为诱拐者。剽窃字面意思是盗窃或呈现他人的词语或概念，作为自己的，而没有得到必要的许可。

4 Plagiarism is defined as taking in part or in whole someone else's words, writing, research, ideas, artwork, music or other creative efforts and passing it off as one's own without giving due credit to the originator. This is just one definition for plagiarism, but the essence is this – it is copying, cheating or, more harshly, intellectual theft.

剽窃被定义为部分或全部“借用”他人的语言、写作、研究、思想、插图、音乐或其他创造性成果，冒充为自己的而没有正确的致谢或引用初创者。这只是剽窃的概念之一，剽窃的实质就是复制、欺骗、或更严重的知识盗窃。

5 Plagiarism is the technical name for using someone else’s words without giving adequate credit.

剽窃是一个专门的术语，指使用他人的话语而不给予恰当的致谢。

6 Plagiarism is using others’ ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information.

剽窃是使用他人的思想和语言而没有清楚的致谢信息来源。

7 To plagiarize means to take the writings of another person and to use them as your own.

剽窃就是攫取他人的作品并当成自己的使用。

8 Plagiarism is when you use someone else's words or ideas and pass them off as your own.

剽窃是当你使用他人的语言和思想的时候，假冒为你自己的。

9 Plagiarism is the way of expressing someone else's work as your own.

剽窃是把他人作品表述为自己成果的方式。

10 Plagiarism is the act of representing another person's words or ideas as your own.

剽窃是把他人语言或思想表述为自己的一种行为。

11 Plagiarism is defined as "Passing off someone else's work as your own".

剽窃被定义为“假冒他人作品用作自己的”

12 Plagiarism Steals Ideas

剽窃即窃取他人思想。

13 Plagiarism is a form of cheating because it's stealing another person's ideas.

剽窃是一种欺骗行为，因为它是在盗窃他人的思想。

剽窃是懒惰的表现（Plagiarism Is Lazy）。尽管剽窃可能是偶然发生的，但通常是故意为之，那就是懒惰的表现。从不同的地方整段的拷贝，就不用花时间去思考主题、综合提炼出自己的思想并用自己独创性的语言表达出来，简单的剪切、复制和粘贴就可以搞定。

综合以上，尝试归纳给出剽窃的定义如下：

剽窃是一种盗窃他人知识、思想、语言等的严重学术违规行为，主要表现为直接或间接的把他人的研究成果、思想、语言等拿来冒充为自己的原创作品且不正确引用来源的欺骗行为。

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