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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His Republican credentials made him an asset.
他作为共和党人的资历成了他的一笔财富。
来自柯林斯例句
4. She'll be an asset to the team.
她将是这个队的骨干。
来自《权威词典》
5. Ability to get along with people is an asset in business.
