cook the books

短语

做假帐

发音

AU

词形变化

cooked the books cooking the books cooks the books 三单 cooks the books cooking the books 现在分词 cooked the books 过去式 cooked the books 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally.

    做假帐

    习语

    Enron Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books.

  2. 2.

    To falsify an account of an event.

    弄虚作假

    习语 引申义

词源

From the mid-17th century. A metaphor based on cooking, whereby ingredients are changed, altered and improved. Thus financial statements can also be so modified to the benefit of the "cook".

来源：wiktionary