gentrify

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gentrify词义

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vt. 使优化;修复或改善;使显得高雅;使中产阶级化vi. 进行改善工作

词态变化

第三人称单数: gentrifies;过去式: gentrified;过去分词: gentrified;现在分词: gentrifying;名词: gentrification;


gentrify英文词源

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gentrify (v.)
"renovate inner-city housing to middle-class standards," by 1972, from gentry + -fy. Related: Gentrified, which was used from early 19c. of persons.