gentrify
['dʒentrifai]
- vt. 使优化；修复或改善；使显得高雅；使中产阶级化
- vi. 进行改善工作
英英释义
- 1. renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations;
- "gentrify a row of old houses"
- "gentrify the old center of town"
英文词源
- gentrify (v.)
- "renovate inner-city housing to middle-class standards," by 1972, from gentry + -fy. Related: Gentrified, which was used from early 19c. of persons.
词态变化
第三人称单数: gentrifies;过去式: gentrified;过去分词: gentrified;现在分词: gentrifying;名词: gentrification;