cook the books to dishonestly change official records and figures in order to steal money or give people false information做假账; 篡改资料:•The Government was cooking the books and misleading the public.政府在造假账误导公众。 cook the books informal alter facts or figures dishonestly or illegally 〈非正式〉作假; 篡改（事实或数字）。 ˌcook the ˈbooks(informal)to change facts or figures dishonestly or illegally篡改；杜撰；捏造His accountant had been cooking the books for years.多年来他的会计师一直在做假账。 |