entitle

verb

/ɪnˈtaɪtl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they entitle	/ɪnˈtaɪtl/ /ɪnˈtaɪtl/
he / she / it entitles	/ɪnˈtaɪtlz/ /ɪnˈtaɪtlz/
past simple entitled	/ɪnˈtaɪtld/ /ɪnˈtaɪtld/
past participle entitled	/ɪnˈtaɪtld/ /ɪnˈtaɪtld/
-ing form entitling	/ɪnˈtaɪtlɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtaɪtlɪŋ/

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[often passive] to give somebody the right to have or to do something使享有权利；使符合资格
- be entitled to something You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65.你到 65 岁就有资格领取养老金。
- Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.人人都有权发表自己的意见。
- entitle somebody to do something This ticket does not entitle you to travel first class.你拿这张票不能坐头等舱。
Extra Examples
- Of course, he's entitled to his opinion but I think he's wrong.当然，他有权发表他的看法，但是我认为他错了。
- Passengers will be entitled to a full refund of the cost of the ticket.乘客购票款可全额退还。
- The authorities were entitled to act as they did.当局有权这样做。
- The discount vouchers entitle you to money off your electricity bill.折扣券使你有权从电费中扣除。
[usually passive] to give a title to a book, play, etc.给…命名（或题名）
- be entitled + noun He read a poem entitled ‘Salt’.他朗诵了一首题为《盐》的诗。
- The company launched a huge marketing campaign entitled ‘Buy Blue’.该公司推出了一个名为Buy Blue的大型市场推广活动。

Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- ‘in’ + Latin titulus ‘title’.