"cook the books" 怎么发音

expression

KOOK thuh BOOKS

释义

To deliberately change financial records to make a business appear more successful or stable than it really is, usually for illegal or dishonest reasons.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈkʊk/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈbʊks

英式英语

kˈʊk/ /ðə, ði/ /bˈʊks

简化发音

美式

KOOK thuh BOOKS

英式

KOOK thuh BOOKS

语境中听

The company was caught trying to cook the books last year.

It is illegal to cook the books to hide losses.

They refused to cook the books for their boss.

He went to jail because he decided to cook the books.