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
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'