entitlement
Significado: The right to have or receive something; a belief that one inherently deserves special treatment or privileges.
Entitlement has a neutral legal sense (your entitlement to annual leave) and a distinctly negative psychological or cultural sense (a sense of entitlement — the unjustified belief that the world owes you something). In welfare policy, entitlements are benefits that citizens qualify for by law. The negative connotation has become increasingly prominent in contemporary discourse, particularly in discussions of generational attitudes and privilege. Common collocations include 'a sense of entitlement,' 'benefit entitlement,' 'holiday entitlement,' and 'entitlement mentality.'
Ejemplos
- Employees are reminded that their annual leave entitlement must be used within the calendar year. 请注意,员工的年假权利必须在当年内使用完毕。Se recuerda a los empleados que su derecho a vacaciones anuales debe ejercerse dentro del año natural.従業員の皆様には、年次有給休暇は暦年内に消化しなければならないことをお知らせします。직원 여러분께는 연차 휴가를 해당 연도 내에 모두 사용해야 함을 안내드립니다.
- Critics accused the banking elite of an extraordinary sense of entitlement, expecting bonuses even as their institutions received taxpayer bailouts. 批评者指责银行精英具有非凡的特权意识,即使其机构接受纳税人的救助仍期望获得奖金。Los críticos acusaron a la élite bancaria de un extraordinario sentido de la titularidad, esperando primas incluso mientras sus entidades recibían rescates con dinero público.批評家たちは、自行が納税者の救済を受けている最中にも賞与を当然のように期待する銀行エリートの並外れた特権意識を非難した。비평가들은 자사가 납세자의 구제를 받는 와중에도 보너스를 당연시하는 은행 엘리트의 비정상적인 특권 의식을 비난했다.
- The welfare reform aimed to simplify the complex system of benefit entitlements that had developed over decades. 福利改革旨在简化数十年来形成的复杂福利权利体系。La reforma del sistema de bienestar tenía como objetivo simplificar el complejo entramado de prestaciones sociales que se había desarrollado a lo largo de décadas.福祉改革は、数十年にわたって発展してきた複雑な給付受給資格の制度を簡素化することを目的としていた。복지 개혁은 수십 년에 걸쳐 발전해 온 복잡한 급여 수급 자격 제도를 간소화하는 것을 목표로 했다.
Pronunciación
Guía de uso
Contexto: media, professional, academic
Tono: neutral
Origen e historia
From Old French entitler (to give a title to), from en- (make, put in) + title (from Latin titulus, inscription, title). The legal sense of a right to receive something developed in the eighteenth century; the psychological sense of believing one is owed special treatment is more recent.
Contexto cultural
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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