gentrify

🇺🇸 /ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdʒentrɪfaɪ/
빈도
난이도
태그 RARE
verb
R

Make an area nicer so that richer people want to live there.

The neighborhood started to gentrify when new cafes and boutiques opened up.

새 카페와 부티크가 문을 열면서 그 지역은 젠트리파잉되기 시작했다.

R

Make someone's behavior or lifestyle more refined or acceptable to higher social classes.

He tried to gentrify his image by wearing suits and attending charity events.

그는 양복을 입고 자선 행사에 참석함으로써 자신의 이미지를 개선하려고 노력했다.

translation

v. 신체화하다, 품위를 높이다

어형 변화

3rd Present gentrifies
Past gentrified
Perfect gentrified
Progressive gentrifying