gentrify 英 [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ]   美 [ˈdʒɛntrəˌfaɪ]

gentrify

gentrify  英 [ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈdʒɛntrəˌfaɪ]

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 

进行时:gentrifying  过去式:gentrified  过去分词:gentrified  第三人称单数:gentrifies 

These migrants, just like the peasant Big-Foot girls, are eager to bind their feet, to gentrify themselves physically and mentally. 但在画师的笔下,经典的中国美人都有着一副小脚、一对平胸,髋窄如柳、肤白如霜,这与强壮、健康的农村姑娘对比鲜明。

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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
  • 1. These migrants, just like the peasant Big-Foot girls, are eager to bind their feet, to gentrify themselves physically and mentally.

    但在画师的笔下,经典的中国美人都有着一副小脚、一对平胸,髋窄如柳、肤白如霜,这与强壮、健康的农村姑娘对比鲜明。

  • 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.
gen·tri·fy / ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ / verb ( gen·tri·fies , gen·tri·fy·ing , gen·tri·fied , gen·tri·fied ) [usually passive ] gentrifysth/sb 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 使(地区、人等)贵族化;对(地区、人等)进行改造以适应较高阶层的人 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。 gen·tri·fi·ca·tion / ; NAmE / noun [uncountable ] gentrify gentrifies gentrified gentrifying gen·tri·fy / ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ ; NAmE ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ / gen·tri·fi·ca·tion / ; NAmE /
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