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audit trail

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈaudit trail noun [countable] technical  1 accounting records which show a series of steps leading to the present financial situation 审计线索,审计轨迹〔产生当前财务状况的每一步的账目〕 The lack of a physical audit trail in electronic commerce increases the possibilities for tax avoidance. 电子商务缺少实有的审计线索,这增加了避税的可能性。2. an electronic or paper record of how a computer is used 检查跟踪,审计跟踪〔计算机使用情况记录〕
From Longman Business Dictionaryaudit trailˈaudit trail noun [countable]1ACCOUNTING a series of documents that shows the financial activities of a company, and shows whether their financial records are correctThe audit trail showed that the company had actually been losing money for some time.2COMPUTING a series of records of someone’s activities when using a computer system or when using the InternetOur computer system has an audit trail which records every request made of it as a standard security procedure.
ˈaudit trail nounChineseSyllable
Business a of which records series show accounting


audit trail
ˈaudit trail noun [countable] technical
1. accounting records which show a series of steps leading to the present financial situation:
    The lack of a physical audit trail in electronic commerce increases the possibilities for tax avoidance.
2. an electronic or paper record of how a computer is used


audit trailBrE /ˈɔːdɪt treɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɔːdɪt treɪl/ 🔊 nounthe detailed record of information on paper or on a computer that can be examined to prove what happened, for example what pieces of business were done and what decisions were made 审计轨迹(指用来进行审查的详细记录)