| 单词 | off the books |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the books k. off the books. extracted from bookn. (a) to take (also strike, etc.) off the books: to remove from a register of members, clients, etc. Cf. on (also upon) the books at Phrases 2g. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > withdraw (from a task or undertaking) > from a group, game, or competition to take (also strike, etc.) off the books1755 scratch1866 to stand down1874 to drop out1883 1755 Gentleman's & London Mag. Oct. 505/2 It has likewise been ordered, that all out-pensioners belonging to Chelsea hospital..do, on pain of being struck off the books, personally appear. 1795 T. Swift Prison Pindarics 16 When my son came to live in College I found it convenient to live with him in his apartments, and continued to hold possession of them for a long time after his name was taken off the books, conceiving I had a legal title to the same. 1864 Manch. Guardian 25 Oct. 5/3 Considerable dissatisfaction was felt at the request to strike them off the books. a1941 B. L. Coombes War Diary of Welsh Miner in B. Jones & C. Williams With Dust still in his Throat (1999) 172 They knocked him off the books and all the help he could get was one and eightpence a week. 2008 G. Dunford Big Trip 126/1 Many..IT professionals fund their travels by registering with temp agencies... You can take your name off the books to go travelling and then sign back on when you're ready to return. (b) Originally U.S. Esp. with reference to work: without proper documentation or registration, so as to evade taxes or regulations. Also attributive: not declared for tax or accounting purposes; unacknowledged, unofficial, illicit. ΚΠ 1971 Newsday (N.Y.) 21 Dec. 19 a/1 He said..he will ‘go on welfare and work “off the books” someplace’. 1975 Texas Monthly Dec. 124 Camilo Fabrega, regional vice-president..accuses them of scheming to ‘generate an “off the books” source of funds for use by Braniff management’. 1980 E. Ginzberg Employing Unemployed xi. 191 A related problem in the work-income arena is posed by the increasing amount of income that people earn from off-the-books, illicit and illegal sources. 2001 R. Russo Empire Falls (2002) 35 It's against the law... Mrs. Whiting would have a cow if she thought I was doing anything off the books. 2004 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 June 66/1 Taguba wrongly blamed the brigade for holding off-the-books ‘ghost’ prisoners. < as lemmas |
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