Women consistently lie on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter to make their lives appear more exciting, a survey has found.

　　一项调查发现，女性总爱在Facebook或Twitter这样的社交网站上说谎，把自己的生活描述得比实际更精彩。

　　Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or distorted what they are doing on social media once a month.

　　研究人员发现，至少四分之一的女性每个月会有一次在社交媒体上夸张或扭曲地谈论自己做的事。

　　The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and embellished about an exotic holiday or their job.

　　这项涵盖了2000名女性的调查发现，她们大多假装自己到市中心去玩乐，而事实上她们却独自在家待着，而且还喜欢把一次异域风情的假日或自己的工作加以美化。

　　The most common reasons for women to write “fibs” included worrying their lives would seem “boring”, jealousy at seeing other people’s more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.

　　女性爱在社交网站上编写“谎言”最常见的原因有担心自己的生活看上去会显得“单调乏味”，在看到他人上传的精彩内容时感到嫉妒，想引起自己的朋友和熟人的注意。

　　Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week.

　　近四分之一的女性承认每个月会有一到三次在社交网站上谎报或夸张地描述自己生活的某些主要方面，近十分之一的女性称她们每周在社交网上说谎超过一次。

　　Nearly 30 percent of women lied about “doing something when I am home alone”, almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs.

　　近30%的女性独自在家时会谎称自己在做某事，近四分之一的女性会夸大自己喝的酒量，五分之一的女性没有据实描述自己的假日活动或工作。

　　The survey was commissioned by Pencourage, a new anonymous “diary-style” social media website.

　　该调查由Pencourage网站委托开展，这是一家新的匿名 “日记体”社交网站。