What does gentrification mean?

gentrification

🇺🇸 /ˌdʒentrɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdʒentrɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/

詞頻

難度

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noun

The process of making a neighborhood nicer and more expensive, which often leads to wealthier people moving in.

The gentrification of the area brought new shops and restaurants, but also made it more expensive to live there.

該地區的紳士化帶來了新的商店和餐廳，但也使得居住成本變得更高。

The process of making something, like a person's behavior or an activity, more refined or acceptable to higher social classes.

The sport of football has undergone gentrification, with more middle-class people becoming interested in it.

足球運動經歷了紳士化，越來越多的中產階級人士對其產生了興趣。