Excuses can get very elaborate: I know I'm looking at another's exam, but that's not cheating because I'm just checking my answers, not copying.

借口可以变得很具体：我知道我在看别人的考试卷子，但那不是作弊，因为我只是在检查我的答案，并不是在抄写。

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It's not cheating to copy.

复制并不是作弊。

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But it may be also the way to a greater life because it leads to not cheating.

但它可能也通往更加宏大的生命之途径，因为它教导人们诚实无欺。

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One reason for not cheating is that a person might fear being criticized in public for cutting in line.

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I'm not cheating anybody? No magic tricks here.

我没骗你们吧

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One reason is that the cartel's members are not cheating as outrageously as they often used to on their quotas.

ECONOMIST: Oil

We used to believe baseball players were not cheating the sport but found out that many of our heroes lied about using performance enhancing drugs.

FORBES: Who's Been Duped? The Manti Te'o Hoax.

The headlines screams scandal, but it was a bit of the same old, same old in a sport where the saying goes if you're not cheating, you're not trying.

NPR: Cheating Scandal Mars NASCAR's New Season