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使享有權利；使符合資格
- be entitled to something You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65.你到 65 歲就有資格領取養老金。
- Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.人人都有權發表自己的意見。
- entitle somebody to do something This ticket does not entitle you to travel first class.你拿這張票不能坐頭等艙。
Extra Examples
- Of course, he's entitled to his opinion but I think he's wrong.當然，他有權發表他的看法，但是我認爲他錯了。
- Passengers will be entitled to a full refund of the cost of the ticket.乘客購票款可全額退還。
- The authorities were entitled to act as they did.當局有權這樣做。
- The discount vouchers entitle you to money off your electricity bill.折扣券使你有權從電費中扣除。
[usually passive] to give a title to a book, play, etc.給…命名（或題名）
- be entitled + noun He read a poem entitled ‘Salt’.他朗誦了一首題爲《鹽》的詩。
- The company launched a huge marketing campaign entitled ‘Buy Blue’.該公司推出了一個名爲Buy Blue的大型市場推廣活動。

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