复数： entitlements

How is he going to trim the huge entitlement programmes ?

他到底会怎样减少巨额的政府津贴计划呢？

Social security is an entitlement , no different from welfare .

社会保险是一种津贴，和福利毫无二致。

That absorbs not only the resources of the firm eventually granted the privilege but also those of other firms competing for the same entitlement .

这不仅仅会吞噬那些最终得到政府特权的企业所掌握的资源，还会吸收那些争相获取同样授权的企业所拥有的资源。

It should focus on long-term entitlement reform rather than short-term cuts .

它应当把重点放在长期的津贴改革，而不是短期的开支消减。

America 's democrats need to accept entitlement cuts and republicans higher taxes .

美国的民主党需要接受削减老年人国民津贴，共和党则要接受提高税收。