gentrify

verb

1. 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
   to change an area, a person, etc. so that they are suitable for, or can mix with, people of a higher social class than before
   1. Old working-class areas of the city are being gentrified.
      这个城市工人居住的老城区正在进行改造，以供较高阶层人士居住。

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。

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. Housing advocates worry that if rezoning is not done carefully, communities could quickly gentrify.
   保障房倡导者们则担心，如果重新区划做得不认真，那么居民社区或将迅速士绅化。

verb

1. renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
   1. gentrify a row of old houses
   2. gentrify the old center of town