| 单词 | entitled |
| 释义 | entitled (once / 209 pages) adj The adjective entitled means you have a legal right to something. If you are entitled to your mother's house when she passes away, that means it's written in her will that she gave it to you. Entitled is often used in a more casual way, to mean "allowed." For example, volunteers at the park clean-up are entitled to the water and snacks at the pavilion. Sometimes, though, people feel they are entitled to special treatment because they think they are more worthy than others. This usage of entitled came from the mid 15th century, when it referred to giving someone the title of an estate or property. WORD FAMILYentitled: unentitled+/entitle: entitled, entitlement, entitles, entitling/entitlement: entitlements/subtitle: subtitled, subtitles, subtitling/supertitle: supertitles/title: entitle, subtitle, supertitle, titled, titles, titling, titulary/titled: untitled USAGE EXAMPLESMichael absorbed the key lesson: The happiest people are the ones who believe they are lucky, rather than entitled or owed their success. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Billions of pounds in benefits is unclaimed every year by those entitled to the money. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) His current work, The Rwanda Project, is accompanied by a lecture entitled It is Difficult, which he will deliver at the Getty in February. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) adj qualified for by right according to law we are all entitled to equal protection under the law Syn eligible qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen |
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