entitle
- v. 给予权利
- v. 命名
- Definition
- v. to give someone the right to have or do something
- v. to give a title to
- Example
- Winning the contest will entitle you to a free trip.
- 赢得比赛会让你获得一次免费旅行的资格。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to give a name or title to something (verb).
比较义项：给予名称或头衔（动词）。
- title
General and neutral in register; commonly used to give someone an official rank or position, or to name everyday things; natural in both spoken and written English.
语域中性、通用；常用于授予某人正式头衔或职位，也可用于为日常事物命名；口语和书面语中都很自然。
The committee titled him 'Head of Research' after the company merger.
委员会在公司合并后授予他“研究主管”的头衔。
- entitle 本词
More formal and literary; chiefly used to give a name to a written or artistic work, such as a book, article, or paper, rarely for a person's job title.
更正式、更书面化；主要用于给书籍、文章、论文等作品命名，很少用于表示某人的职位头衔。
The paper is entitled 'A New Approach to Machine Translation'.
这篇论文题为《机器翻译新方法》。
Title and entitle both mean to give a name, but differ in register. Title is general and neutral, used to give someone an official rank or to name things. Entitle is more formal, used to name written works. Entitle's other common sense is not compared.
这两个词在“给予名称/头衔”这个意义上相近，但语域和典型搭配不同：title 更通用、口语和书面都常见，可用于授予人正式头衔或为事物命名；entitle 更正式，多用于为文章、论文等作品命名。这里不比较 entitle 更常见的“使有权获得”义项（如 entitle you to a free trip）。