Cook the books 做假賬
2023-09-05 18:11:48 每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
cook除了“烹飪”，還有“捏造”或“篡改”的意思；book不僅指“書(shū)”，還指“賬本”，所以，cook the books是指“做假賬”、“隱瞞真實(shí)的利潤(rùn)和開(kāi)支”。
【例句】
Rank amateurs who know nothing about how to cook the books.
這是完全不懂做假帳的業(yè)余會(huì)計(jì)的水平。
My boss was caught by the police recently, because he secretly cooked the books and moved a big sum of money to his private account.
我老板最近被警察抓走了，因?yàn)樗搱?bào)賬目，而且把一大筆錢(qián)存到了自己名下。