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.
雙語例句
1. From day one he's been a great asset to the company.
從入職第一天開始，他就是公司難得的人才。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party.
她的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能是保守黨最寶貴的財富。
來自柯林斯例句
3. His Republican credentials made him an asset.
他作為共和黨人的資歷成了他的一筆財富。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She'll be an asset to the team.
她將是這個隊的骨干。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. Ability to get along with people is an asset in business.