gentrify

vt. 使中产阶级化; 使显得高雅; 修复或改善; 使优化 vi. 进行改善工作

发音

US /ˈd͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.faɪ/

词形变化

gentrified gentrifies 三单 gentrifies gentrifying gentrifying 现在分词 gentrified 过去式 gentrified 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To renovate or improve something (especially housing or district), making it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).

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  2. 2.

    To develop and invest in a penurious or impoverished place.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

renovate refurbish freshen up

词源

From gentry + -fy.

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