- 1權益、應領給付、法定資格。台灣講勞健保、特休天數、補助金額，就是這個意思。報紙裡的 sense of entitlement（自以為應得、特權心態）是延伸用法，和公文裡的「權益」不是同一層。
Entitlement is the official right to have or do something, or the amount you have a right to receive. Holiday entitlement is how many days off the rules give you. A payment entitlement is the money the state or a company says you may get. It lives in contracts, work letters, and government paper — a cold, useful word. Though actually, English speakers also use it for a feeling: “a sense of entitlement” means someone acts as if the world owes them things. That second use is often a complaint, and it is very common in newspapers. The core meaning is still the official right; the messy everyday extra is the attitude.
From the word’s history
From entitle + -ment.
由 entitle 加上 -ment 組成。
組成From the verb entitle (to give someone a right or a title) + -ment (the ending that names the right or the amount).
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
entitlementnoun/ənˈtaɪtəlmənt/
- 1
The right to have something.
- 2
A person's perceived but unjustified right to something; a tendency to claim what one does not deserve.
- The auxiliary members of the royal family often have the greatest capacity to inflame public scepticism about monarchy, and Prince Harry once seemed determined to personify the entitlement and pointlessness that could have jeopardised the continuity of the crown.
- 3
Power, an authority to do something.
- 4
Something to which one is entitled.
- 5
governmentpoliticsA legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
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