entitle / ɪnˈtaɪtl/ VERB [often passive ] to give sb the right to have or to do sth 使享有权利；使符合资格

entitle sb to sth

◆ You will be entitled to your pension when you reach 65. 你到 65 岁就有资格领取养老金。

◆ Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. 人人都有权发表自己的意见。

entitle sb to do sth

◆ This ticket does not entitle you to travel first class. 你拿这张票不能坐头等舱。

entitled adj. 有资格的

They were in fact very fine ladies, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, has a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.