| 单词 | plagiarize |
| 释义 | plagiarize (once / 27109 pages) v You plagiarize when you take someone's ideas or words and pass them off as your own. It's a fancy word for copying. Many politicians and writers have plagiarized. It's not always professional suicide, however — just ask Vice President Joe Biden. Still, don't do it. It's not illegal to plagiarize but it's morally wrong, and it might just get you tossed out of school. If you're writing something and include word-for-word something you've read and don't attribute the words or ideas to that writer, you are plagiarizing. The origins of the word are said to mean "one who kidnaps the child of another" — which certainly gives a sense of the gravity of the charge. After all, some writers do consider their words to be their babies. WORD FAMILYplagiarize: plagiarization, plagiarized, plagiarizer, plagiarizes, plagiarizing+/plagiarise: plagiarisation, plagiarised, plagiariser, plagiarises, plagiarising/plagiarism: plagiarise, plagiarisms, plagiarist, plagiaristic, plagiarize/plagiarist: plagiarists USAGE EXAMPLESWhen ordered to write 100 times “I will not plagiarize,” Michael shot back that the task seemed to him another form of plagiarism. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Mr. Ahmad’s gravestone is adorned by a daring, but plagiarized, poem. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) Wearing endless successions of white, fitted dresses while seeking a speech writer who doesn’t plagiarize words of civility from former first ladies. Seattle Times(Nov 10, 2016) v take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property Syn|Hypo|Hyper lift, plagiarise crib take unauthorized (intellectual material) steal take without the owner's consent |
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