gentrify
/ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ/verb
1- (-ies, -ied)with obj. renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste使(房屋, 地区)中产阶级化(指将房屋、街区等整修使其符合中产阶级品味)。
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- usu. as adj. gentrified make (someone or their way of life) more genteel使(人, 生活方式)更显高雅:
a gentrified Irish American.
绅士化了的爱尔兰裔美国人。
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