點滴英語天天學第187期:雅思詞彙(26)

1.表述：cook the books

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釋義：To make fallacious entries in or otherwise manipulate a financial record book for fraudulent purposes.（做假賬，僞造或竄改財務報表,造假帳）

例句：Let's hope he didn't cook the books of the company.

咱們祈禱他沒有篡改公司的賬本吧。

Joe is practically accused me of cooking the books.

喬簡直是在罵我竄改帳簿呢。

2. 表述：cook up （捏造，僞造）

例句：You put me on the spot, I have to cook up a story this time.

你把我拖下水，這回我要找藉口了。

Tell me why you were late for school and don’t cook up a story that I don’t want to listen to.

告訴我爲什麼上學遲到了，別編造我不想聽的藉口。

3. 表述：cook with gas

釋義：To have success in a particular activity.（乾得很出色，幹得好極了）

例句：I knew she finally cooked with gas when she answered all the questions correctly.

我知道她幹得出色極了，在那時候，她完全正確地回答出來所有的提問。

The actress cooked with gas in the finale.

那位女演員最後一幕演得棒極了。

A：Jim, You cooked with gas.

吉姆，你幹得真漂亮！

B：What do you refer to?

你指的是什麼？

A：You have persuaded that company to cooperate with us. You really got off on the right foot.

你說服了那家大公司和我們合作呀，真是一炮打響。

B：Don't mention it.

根本不值得一提。