asset
noun /ˈæset/
/ˈæset/
- a person or thing that is valuable or useful to somebody/something
有价值的人（或事物）；有用的人（或事物） - In his job, patience is an invaluable asset.
他干的这份工作，耐心是无价之宝。 - Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset.
会说一门外语是一大优势。 - I’m not sure if his forcefulness is an asset or a liability.
我拿不准他的强势是长处还是短处。 - asset to somebody/something She'll be an asset to the team.
她将是这个队的骨干。
- Scotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of.
山区是苏格兰引以为傲的天然财富。 - The teachers are the school's biggest asset.
老师是学校最宝贵的财富。 - The tourist industry requires that the country's cultural assets be made more accessible.
旅游业要求该国的人文宝藏多开放一些。 - Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
琼斯负伤以来，与其说他是全队的骨干倒不如说他已成为队里的累赘。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- great
- …
- asset to
- In his job, patience is an invaluable asset.
- [usually plural] a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts
资产；财产 - the net asset value of the company
公司的资产净值 - Her assets include shares in the company and a house in France.
她的财产包括公司的股份和在法国的一座房子。 - asset sales/management
资产销售／管理 - income from fixed asset investments
固定资产投资收入 - financial/capital assets
金融／资本资产 - to freeze a country’s assets
冻结一国的资产
Wordfinder- asset
- bond
- capital
- dividend
- equity
- fund
- interest
- invest
- portfolio
- share
Topics Moneyb2- He transferred all his assets into his wife's name.
他把所有资产都转到了妻子的名下。 - Liquid assets can be sold more quickly.
流动资产可以较快售出。 - Net assets have grown to $169 million.
净资产已经增加到 1.69 亿美元。 - The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers.
当局有权没收被判有罪的毒贩的资产。 - The business disposed of all its capital assets.
这家公司处理了所有的资本资产。 - The company has increased its UK assets.
这家公司增加了在英国的资产。 - The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen.
法庭可以下令冻结公司的资产。 - They have hidden assets in banks around the world.
他们在世界各地的银行都有隐蔽资产。 - measures to prevent asset stripping
防止拆卖资产的措施
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- combined
- total
- gross
- …
- have
- hold
- own
- …
- be worth something
- appreciate
- grow
- …
- price
- value
- management
- …
- assets and liabilities
- the net asset value of the company
词源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’.