cook the books 做假账

时间：2021-07-21 04:53:55

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Cook the books 字面意思是“煮书”，其实是比喻做假账来欺骗他人。

例句

The police arrested John today. He's suspected of cooking the books.

The auditors¹ found that the fast food chain has been cooking the books for years.

请注意

另一个含有“cook 煮饭”一词的成语是 cook up something，意思是谋划什么事情。

例句

I would like to get my hands on whoever cooked up this scheme - it's all fake.

Please don't try to cook up an excuse for being late.

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1 auditors
n.审计员，稽核员( auditor的名词复数 )；（大学课程的）旁听生
参考例句：
The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year. 那家公司与前任审计员已打了整整一年的官司。 a meeting to discuss the annual accounts and the auditors' report thereon 讨论年度报表及其审计报告的会议