Turnitin
TERN-it-in
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What it really means
The software most UK universities use to receive assignments and check them for similarity with other texts. A similarity score is normal — copied sentences without references are the problem.
Chinese explanation
英国大多数大学用来接收作业并检测文字重复率的软件。有一定相似度很正常——问题在于没有标注引用的抄袭句子。
Example conversation
A: My Turnitin score is 18 per cent — should I panic?
B: Not if it's all quotes and references. It flags matches, not cheating.
A：我的 Turnitin 重复率是18%——要慌吗？
B：如果都是引文和参考文献就不用慌。它标的是相似，不是作弊。
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