[] () ( acˈcount books) the written record of the financial affairs of a business账簿；账册◆People who run their own business often do the books themselves.经营自己业务的人常常由自己记账。◆a bid to balance the books为了平衡（收支）账目◆The bank is aiming to clear all bad loans off its books over the next year.银行力求在来年消除账面上的所有不良贷款。SYNaccounts ⨁to audit / do / keep the books审／作／记账⨁to balance the books平衡（收支）账目a record of the customers, orders and stock that a company has客户订单和存货记录◆There are no other large orders on the books.记录中没有其他大额定单。➡ book noun (3) ●ˌcook the ˈbooks () to put false information in a company's accounts伪造账目；做假账◆The books were cooked to make profits seem much higher than they were.账目被伪造，这使利润看起来远远超过实际情况。●(be) on sb's ˈbooks () (to be) on an organization's list, for example the list of people who work for a company, or a list of people who are available for a particular type of work在某机构的名册上◆It's the largest security firm in the UK with 10 000 staff on its books.它是英国最大的证券企业，在册员工有 1 万人。statutory books