overseas assets

基本解释

and Britain started the 20th century with a huge empire and piles of overseas assets but was rationing food in peacetime by the late 1940s.
还有大不列巅，在20世纪初时是个日不落帝国拥有众多的海外资产，但在1940年代末的和平时期却在过着食物配给的日子。
On the contrary, as the purchasing power of the Japanese currency swelled, Japanese institutions continued to gobble up overseas assets (including Treasury bonds).
相反，由于日元购买力激增，日本金融机构继续大举购买海外资产（包括美国国债）。
Cnooc takes into consideration the prospect of a “reasonable” return on investment when acquiring overseas assets, Chief Financial Officer Zhong Hua told reporters today.
中海油关心的是投资在海外资产的合理回报前景，首席财务官钟华今天对记者说。

Japanese firms are flush with cash and the yen is strong, making overseas assets relatively cheap.
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What the Icelandic government instead urged was a shrinking of the banking sector, most likely via the sale of overseas assets.
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