★entitle[ɪn'taɪtl]vt.使有权利，使有资格；给（书、戏剧等）定名。下面介绍其常见用法及短语，但需注意，该词常用被动语态。如下所示：

entitle sb to sth——某人有资格获得……

be entitled to sth——（某人）有资格获得……

entitle sb to do sth——使某人有资格……

be entitled to do sth——（某人）有资格……

entitle+书∕戏剧等+名称——把书∕戏剧等定名为……（名称）

书∕戏剧等+be entitled+名称——（书∕戏剧等）被定名为……（名称）

★实战演练：

Membership entitles you to the monthly journal.

凭会员身份可以获取月刊。

Jack is entitled to a pension after working for the company for twenty-five years.

杰克为公司工作了25年，有资格领取退休金了。

His good academic performance in high school entitled him to study at the university.

他优异的高中学业成绩使他得以在那所大学就读。

Full-time employees are entitled to receive health insurance.

全体雇员都有资格享受健康保险。

The author entitled the book Gone with the Wind.

作者把书名定为《飘》。

The book is entitled A Tale of Two Cities.

这本书被定名为《双城记》。