a person or thing that is valuable or useful to somebody/something 有价值的人（或事物）；有用的人（或事物） In his job, patience is an invaluable asset. 他干的这份工作，耐心是无价之宝。 Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset. 会说一门外语是一大优势。 I’m not sure if his forcefulness is an asset or a liability. 我拿不准他的强势是长处还是短处。 - asset to somebody/something
She'll be an asset to the team. 她将是这个队的骨干。
Extra ExamplesScotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of. 山区是苏格兰引以为傲的天然财富。 The teachers are the school's biggest asset. 老师是学校最宝贵的财富。 The tourist industry requires that the country's cultural assets be made more accessible. 旅游业要求该国的人文宝藏多开放一些。 Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team. 琼斯负伤以来，与其说他是全队的骨干倒不如说他已成为队里的累赘。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- considerable
- great
- …
- asset to
- [usually plural]
a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts 资产；财产 the net asset value of the company 公司的资产净值 Her assets include shares in the company and a house in France. 她的财产包括公司的股份和在法国的一座房子。 asset sales/management 资产销售／管理 income from fixed asset investments 固定资产投资收入 financial/capital assets 金融／资本资产 to freeze a country’s assets 冻结一国的资产
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2He transferred all his assets into his wife's name. 他把所有资产都转到了妻子的名下。 Liquid assets can be sold more quickly. 流动资产可以较快售出。 Net assets have grown to $169 million. 净资产已经增加到 1.69 亿美元。 The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers. 当局有权没收被判有罪的毒贩的资产。 The business disposed of all its capital assets. 这家公司处理了所有的资本资产。 The company has increased its UK assets. 这家公司增加了在英国的资产。 The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen. 法庭可以下令冻结公司的资产。 They have hidden assets in banks around the world. 他们在世界各地的银行都有隐蔽资产。 measures to prevent asset stripping 防止拆卖资产的措施
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- combined
- total
- gross
- …
- have
- hold
- own
- …
- be worth something
- appreciate
- grow
- …
- price
- value
- management
- …
- assets and liabilities
Word Originmid 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’.