gentrify
/jen-truh-fahy/US // ˈdʒɛn trəˌfaɪ //
绅士化,绅士化的,移植,迁居
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing.
- : to alter through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- : to conform to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle; make appealing to those with more affluent tastes: Fish and chips have been gentrified.
v.无主动词 verb
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gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing.
- : to undergo this type of change: Some neighborhoods gentrify more quickly than others.
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Examples
To the extent the success of the socialist left is in part tied to gentrifying neighborhoods, it remains to be seen how that will impact a citywide race.
New restaurant owners entering gentrifying areas are sometimes people of color themselves, but this doesn’t mean that they can’t be gentrifiers, Sbicca says.
“This won’t reach low-income people, but it will reach middle-income people and that benefits gentrifying areas,” he said.
Things rapidly gentrify around those couples, and then the next round begins in a new neighborhood a couple of years later.
Jessegate is just the latest, and I would argue inevitable, setback in the centuries-long quest to gentrify overalls.
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