gentrified

英 [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪd] 美 [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪd]

v.  使(地区或人等)贵族化; 对(地区、人等)进行改造以适应较高阶层的人
gentrify的过去分词和过去式

过去式:gentrified

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柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 使(地区)适合富人居住;使(地区)贵族化
    When a street or area is gentrified, it becomes a more expensive place to live because wealthy people move into the area and buy the houses where people with less money used to live.
    1. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified.
      同曼哈顿的许多地区一样,当地街区正逐渐贵族化。

双语例句

  1. The local neighbourhood, like so many areas of Manhattan, is gradually being gentrified.
    同曼哈顿的许多地区一样,当地街区正逐渐贵族化。
  2. It is easy to see why the perfectly gentrified, former working-class Jordaan is a favourite of overseas buyers, but it is also a place of contrast, with a pervasive, kooky atmosphere rather at odds with a deep-rooted conservatism.
    这很容易理解为何海外各路买家最为青睐昔日工薪阶层聚居、如今已成高档住宅区的约尔丹,但此处又反差明显,到处弥漫着某种怪异氛围,与根深蒂固的因循守旧之风显得格格不入。
  3. He told me quite sadly that most of the area in which he had grown up had now been modernized and gentrified, and had lost all its old character.
    他很悲哀地告诉我,在他长大的地方,大部分地区现在都被现代化了,中产阶级也移居到此,这里已完全失去了它昔日的特色。
  4. He has made a genuine attempt to improve conditions, but only genuine refugees can apply for asylum, and old working class areas of the city are being gentrified.
    他就是其中一员,他真心实意的努力改善环境,但只有真正的难民才能申请政治避难,而且这个城市的工人居住旧区正进行改造,以供较高阶层的人居住。