asset的意思

asset

英 ['æset] 美 ['æsɛt]

asset: asset: [16] Originally, to have assets was simply to have ‘enough’ – as in French assez. The Anglo-Norman legal phrase aver asetz signified ‘have enough money to meet one’s debts’, and eventually asetz, later assets, passed from the general meaning ‘enough’ to the particular ‘financial resources’ (the final -s caused it to be regarded as a plural noun, but the analogical singular asset does not appear until the 19th century).

Anglo-Norman asetz itself goes back via Old French asez to Vulgar Latin *assatis, formed from the Latin phrase ad satis ‘to enough’ (satis is the source of English satisfy and satiate, and is related to sad).
=> sad, satiate, satisfy
asset (n.): see assets.

1. From day one he's been a great asset to the company.: 从入职第一天开始，他就是公司难得的人才。

2. Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party.: 她的领导才能是保守党最宝贵的财富。

5. Ability to get along with people is an asset in business.: 在商业界善跟别人相处是可贵的优点.