cook the books

釋義

1. 篡改；杜撰；捏造

   to change facts or figures dishonestly or illegally

   His accountant had been cooking the books for years.多年來他的會計師一直在做假賬。

電影裡這樣說 · 1 部

• He's the one that cooked the books.Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005

在完整場景裡學

• 安然：房間裡最聰明的人2005
  • 印度電廠成了廢墟：imaginary profits（並未到來的利潤）
  • 自己跟自己做買賣：both sides of the transaction（交易兩邊都佔）
  • 追問報表當場失控：losing it（當眾情緒崩了）

同一詞條的短語

• be cooking with gas
• cook goose
• cook up
• too many cooks spoil the broth