gentrify

gentrify

美 ['dʒentrɪfaɪ] 　英 ['dʒentrɪfaɪ]

• v.使（地区、人等）贵族化
• 网络高级住宅区；士绅化

词形变化

过去分词：gentrified  现在分词：gentrifying  第三人称单数：gentrifies  

同义词

英汉解释

v.

1. to transform a run-down or aging neighborhood into a more prosperous one, e.g. through investment in remodeling buildings or houses 2. to transform a traditionally working-class area into a middle-class neighbourhood, usually at the expense of local character and with the result that property becomes unaffordable for local people

例句

These migrants, just like the peasant Big-Foot girls, are eager to bind their feet, to gentrify themselves physically and mentally.

这些新城市移民就像那些缠足的农村姑娘一样，迫不及待地要在肉体和精神上变成贵族。

gentrify a row of Victorian houses.

使一排维多利亚式建筑的所有权遭受恶化