n. 資產(chǎn)；寶貴的人材；有益的品質(zhì)；[經(jīng)] 財(cái)產(chǎn)；有利條件 （一項(xiàng)）財(cái)物；資產(chǎn)（asset的名詞復(fù)數(shù)）；（商店、破產(chǎn)者等的）財(cái)產(chǎn)；遺產(chǎn)；有價(jià)值的人或物
1530s, "sufficient estate," from Anglo-French asetz (singular), from Old French assez (11c.) "sufficiency, satisfaction; compensation," noun use of adverb meaning "enough, sufficiently; very much, a great deal," from Vulgar Latin *ad satis "to sufficiency," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + satis "enough" (see sad).
Beginning as a legal term, "sufficient estate" (to satisfy debts and legacies), it passed into general use; meaning "any property that theoretically can be converted to ready money" is from 1580s. Asset is a 19c. artificial singular. Asset stripping attested from 1972.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.