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Entitlement Sense 英 ɪn'taɪtlmənt] 美 ɪn'taɪtlmənt N.权利 Affect Compensation

英语单词 entitlement
英美音标 英 [ɪn'taɪtlmənt] 美 [ɪn'taɪtlmənt]
中文释义 n.权利
英语例句 (1) This may affect your entitlement to compensation.
(2) He grew tired of the spoilt-child act and Mourinho?s sense of entitlement.
中文例句 (1) 这可能影响你索赔的权利。
(2) 他已经厌倦了这种被宠坏的孩子般的行为以及穆里尼奥对于权利的渴望。
vocabulary简明 An entitlement is the right to a particular privilege or benefit, granted by law or custom. You have a legal entitlement to speak to a lawyer if you're ever arrested and put in jail.
vocabulary扩展 Your entitlement program at work might offer various benefits, or you might receive a medical entitlement once you reach a certain age. These are just basic things you get. More recently, entitlement has taken on a critical sense. If someone has a sense of entitlement, that means the person believes he deserves certain privileges — and he's arrogant about it. The term "culture of entitlement" suggests that many people now have highly unreasonable expectations about what they are entitled to.
柯林斯解释
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[N-VAR 可变名词](拥有某物或做某事的)权利,资格 An entitlement to something is the right to have it or do it.
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  • They lose their entitlement to benefit when they start work.

    他们一开始工作就失去了获得救济金的资格。

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