A staggering 47 percent of the British population has admitted to cheating on a partner - whilst 63 percent have discovered they have been cheated on, a new survey has revealed.

一项新调查揭示，英国多达47%的人承认自己曾出轨，而63%的人曾发现自己遭到背叛。

But despite the nation’s infidelities, Brits are a forgiving bunch, with 42 percent of those surveyed admitting they have taken back a partner after being cheated on.

Some (30 percent) even confessed they would forgive their partner for having a one night stand.

Commenting on the findings, Sexpert Siski Green, author of How to Blow His Mind in Bed, said: 'The fact is that most of the population has done it, had it done to them, or at least thought about it.

'Human beings seem to be programmed to crave¹ new things - new flavours in food, new music, new clothes - which is why making a relationship work, can be difficult.

Over thirty percent of respondents said they would let their partner cheat on them if it was with a celebrity².

Cheryl Cole took the gong（钟状物） for being the celebrity that people would most likely let their partners cheat on them with (21 percent), followed by Angelina Jolie (19 percent) and Kelly Brook³ (13 percent).

Motivation to cheat was usually fuelled by alcohol, with a quarter (25 percent) of respondents blaming being drunk and not in control of their actions as the primary reason for their philandering⁴（玩弄女性，调情） ways, the MSN research revealed.

One fifth (20 percent) of respondents said that revenge was their primary motivation, as they sought to get their own back on a cheating partner.