cook the books

含义

to change financial records dishonestly

不诚实地篡改财务记录.

例句

1. 1The manager cooked the books for years to hide how much money was missing.
2. 2Auditors discovered that someone had been cooking the books at the head office.
3. 3The company looked profitable only because its finance director had cooked the books.
4. 4If you cook the books, the tax office will find out sooner or later.
5. 5Was the club cooking the books, or were the missing funds just a mistake?

语法

只有 cook 变化形式：cooks、cooking、cooked。the books 保持复数。