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单词 gentrification
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Definition of gentrification in English:

gentrification

nounˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdʒɛntrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.

    an area undergoing rapid gentrification
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once dependably seedy, it has been transformed by the forces of gentrification.
    • The Bowery is well on its way to gentrification.
    • In this movie, he addresses the gentrification that has overtaken his old neighborhood without being clearly anti.
    • Many of the city's 120 neighborhoods are experiencing gentrification.
    • She notices the double-edged sword happening locally with the growing gentrification.
    • The gentrification of urban space was a by-product of global capitalism's retooling from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.
    • The women have begun offering workshops in how to protest raised property taxes that result from gentrification.
    • This award-winning architect engages in community work without causing gentrification to occur.
    • The arrival of a coffee house on the corner of an inner city street means that gentrification is underway or has nearly been completed.
    • He is writing a book on gentrification in New York.
    1. 1.1 The process of making a person or activity more refined or polite.
      football has undergone gentrification
      Miss Havisham's plan for his gentrification
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In "Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats," he examines values transmission, the kind which occurred in the gentrification of businessmen.
      • Their gentrification was reflected in how they dressed, dined, performed, and were entertained, in a selection of social settings.
      • Denim is undergoing an era of gentrification—and this has been promoted and picked up by designers and high-street stores alike.
      • Since World War II, there has been an overall gentrification or affluentization of the population, which is sometimes called "embourgoisement."
      • If great novels defy categorization, then in the game of literary gentrification, which writers can transcend genre while still employing its tropes, and which cannot?

Definition of gentrification in US English:

gentrification

nounˌdʒɛntrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌjentrəfəˈkāSH(ə)n
  • 1The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.

    an area undergoing rapid gentrification
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The women have begun offering workshops in how to protest raised property taxes that result from gentrification.
    • Many of the city's 120 neighborhoods are experiencing gentrification.
    • The Bowery is well on its way to gentrification.
    • The arrival of a coffee house on the corner of an inner city street means that gentrification is underway or has nearly been completed.
    • This award-winning architect engages in community work without causing gentrification to occur.
    • Once dependably seedy, it has been transformed by the forces of gentrification.
    • In this movie, he addresses the gentrification that has overtaken his old neighborhood without being clearly anti.
    • She notices the double-edged sword happening locally with the growing gentrification.
    • The gentrification of urban space was a by-product of global capitalism's retooling from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.
    • He is writing a book on gentrification in New York.
    1. 1.1 The process of making a person or activity more refined or polite.
      soccer has undergone gentrification
      Miss Havisham's plan for his gentrification
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their gentrification was reflected in how they dressed, dined, performed, and were entertained, in a selection of social settings.
      • In "Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats," he examines values transmission, the kind which occurred in the gentrification of businessmen.
      • Denim is undergoing an era of gentrification—and this has been promoted and picked up by designers and high-street stores alike.
      • Since World War II, there has been an overall gentrification or affluentization of the population, which is sometimes called "embourgoisement."
      • If great novels defy categorization, then in the game of literary gentrification, which writers can transcend genre while still employing its tropes, and which cannot?
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