asset
/ˈæset/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。
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- （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。
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'.