—sometimes used euphemistically or humorously in the plural to refer to parts of a person's body (such as the breasts or buttocks) that are considered attractive
We tested RLS's eight-panel shorts on a one-day bike ride. … there was enough padding for saddle comfort, yet not so much that it exaggerated our assets. Vicky LowryGreenberg hid his athletic physique under baggy clothes … until he realized that tighter jeans and knits show off his assets better. Sandra Nygaard
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: an item of value owned
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assets plural: the items on a balance sheet showing the book value of property owned
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: something useful in an effort to foil or defeat an enemy: such as
The state's natural assets include mountains and beautiful lakes. rumors persisted that CIA assets were behind the coup d'état
Recent Examples on the WebMaking digital-asset wallets into a central account, holding and earning on tokens as more than just speculative investments, is already a part of many crypto firms’ playbooks. Telis Demos, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 Cobb said the ankle injury has hampered Allen’s greatest asset — his running ability — but the quarterback still leads the team with 178 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2022 Last week, the White House released a report on crypto’s environmental impact, saying that crypto-asset activity in the U.S. compares to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from railroad diesel fuel.Time, 15 Sep. 2022 The unraveling of the Terra platform in May included the collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin, shaking faith in the digital-asset sector, which has yet to recover much of the losses. Hooyeon Kim, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022 Gradually, people came to see her stoicism as an asset, even a necessity, rather than a personal deficiency.Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 But lawn has become a liability — or in some cases an asset, on the condition of its removal. Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, lawmakers in the U.S. and EU are hammering out sweeping crypto legislations that will subject crypto to traditional-asset regulations, which could finally legitimize bitcoin in many institutional portfolios. Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Because that's a very nonexpendable asset, any of those vessels.CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from assets, singular, sufficient property to pay debts and legacies, from Anglo-French assetz, from asez enough, from Vulgar Latin *ad satis, from Latin ad to + satis enough — more at at, sad
1useful person/thing有用的人或物ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, great, important, invaluable, precious, priceless, real, tremendous, useful, valuable大筆的/大量的/很大的/重要的/無價的/珍貴的/價值連城的/真正的/巨大的/有用的/寶貴的財富◇The teachers are the school's biggest asset.老師是學校最寶貴的財富。➤best, main, major, principal, prize, prized最好的財富;主要的財富;重要的財富;最可貴的財富;珍愛的財富▸➤cultural文化財富◇The country's cultural assets should be made more accessible.國家的文化寶藏應該更多地讓大眾接觸到。➤natural天然的財富◇Scotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of.山區是蘇格蘭引以為傲的天然財富。◇A healthy smile is a natural asset to your appearance.健康的微笑是寶貴的,能使人容貌自然美。➤military, strategic軍事/戰略財富PREPOSITION➤asset to對⋯有價值的人◇She will be an asset to any school she attends.她上哪所學校,都會是個難得的好苗子。asset
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2what a company owns公司資產ADJECTIVE | VERB + ASSET | ASSET + VERB | ASSET + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤combined, total綜合/全部資產▸➤gross, net總資產;淨資產◇The company's net assets are worth millions.這家公司的淨資產價值幾百萬。➤business, company, corporate企業資產;公司資產▸➤commercial, financial商業/金融資產▸➤current, disposable, liquid流動資產;可支配資產◇Liquid assets can be sold more quickly.流動資產可以較快售出。➤capital, fixed, fund, non-cash, non-monetary, physical, property資本資產;固定資產;資金資產;非現金資產;非貨幣資產;有形資產;不動產▸➤intangible, tangible無形/有形資產▸➤wasting遞耗資產▸➤hidden隱蔽資產◇They have hidden assets in banks around the world.他們在世界各地的銀行都有隱蔽資產。➤foreign, overseas外國/海外資產▸➤personal私人財產▸➤national, public, state國有資產;公共財產;國家資產VERB + ASSET➤have, hold, own, possess擁有資產◇assets held by the company in Asia該公司在亞洲擁有的資產➤transfer轉讓資產◇He transferred all his assets into his wife's name.他把所有資產都轉到了妻子的名下。➤accumulate, acquire, buy, purchase積累資產;獲得資產;購買資產▸➤dispose of, realize, sell處理資產;把資產變現;出售資產◇The business disposed of all its capital assets.這家公司處理了所有的資本資產。➤value估計資產的價值▸➤increase, reduce增加/減少資產◇The company has increased its UK assets.這家公司增加了在英國的資產。➤freeze凍結資產◇The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen.法庭可以下令凍結公司的資產。➤release解除對資產的凍結▸➤seize沒收資產◇The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers.當局有權沒收被判有罪的毒販的資產。➤protect保護資產▸➤manage, use管理/使用資產ASSET + VERB➤be worth sth資產值⋯▸➤appreciate, grow, increase資產增值/增長/增加◇Net assets have grown to $169 million.淨資產已經增加到 1.69 億美元。➤decline, depreciate資產下降/貶值ASSET + NOUN➤price, value資產價格;資產價值▸➤management資產管理▸➤sale資產出售PHRASES➤assets and liabilities資產和負債