gentrify

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  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). transitive
    — Club neighbor Joe Gegis told the board that he was concerned about the licenses due to the problem of drunk drivers and that he believed the bar would lower property values, which have been rising in the area as it becomes increasingly gentrified.
  2. To develop and invest in a penurious or impoverished place.

词形变化

gentrifies present,singular,third-person gentrifying participle,present gentrified participle,past gentrified past

词汇关系

衍生词
gentrification gentrifier regentrify

词源

Etymology tree
English gentry
English -fy
English gentrify
From gentry + -fy.
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