今天看到這樣一個片語to cook the books，此面意思上看是“烹飪書籍“之意？當然不是，我們先看一下字典中的解釋：

Collins：If you say that someone has cooked the books， you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people。

Cambridge： to change numbers dishonestly in the accounts （= financial records） of an organization， especially in order to steal money from it

這個片語的意思是（尤指為偷錢而）篡改賬目，然後我們再看一下例句：

1。 Although my friend was usually honest， he decided to cook the books。 儘管朋友一向誠實，但他還是決定在賬目上做一些手腳。

2。 Tom refused to cook the books for the company。 湯姆拒絕為公司做假帳。

還有兩點需要提醒，1）to cook the books， book為複數books。2）to cook the books意思是“作假帳“，cook books 意為”烹飪書“。