asset

asset
noun
  1. a useful or valuable thing, person, or quality
    (有用的或宝贵的)物品;人才;品质;优点
    quick reflexes were his chief assets.
    反应敏捷是他最大的优点。
    the school is an asset to the community.
    那所学校是社区的宝贵财富。
    ■(一般作 assets)property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies
    (个人或公司的)资产(可以用于偿付债务、承付款项或遗赠)
    growth in net assets.
    净资产的增长。
    [as modifier]an asset scale.
    资产等级表。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the plural in the sense 'sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will'): from an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French asez enough, based on Latin ad 'to' + satis 'enough'
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