gentrify

美 ['d?entr?fa?] 　英 ['d?entr?fa?]

• v.使（地區(qū)、人等）貴族化
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)高級住宅區(qū)；士紳化

詞形變化

過去分詞：gentrified  現(xiàn)在分詞：gentrifying  第三人稱單數(shù)：gentrifies  

同義詞

英漢解釋

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.

這些新城市移民就像那些纏足的農(nóng)村姑娘一樣，迫不及待地要在肉體和精神上變成貴族。

gentrify a row of Victorian houses.

使一排維多利亞式建筑的所有權(quán)遭受惡化