| 释义 |
gentrify
['dʒen.trɪ.faɪ] disapproving
verb transitive often passive
■to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there （上层社会的人移居过来而）使（地区）贵族化•The area where I grew up has been all modernized and gentrified, and has lost all its old character.我成长的地方已经整个被现代化和贵族化，完全失去了以前的风貌。 |