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单词 gentrification
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gen•tri•fi•ca•tion /ˌdʒɛntrəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
  1. the buying and repair or replacement of houses or stores in poor, working-class, or run-down neighborhoods by more wealthy individuals.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gen•tri•fi•ca•tion  ( jen′trə fi kāshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Business, Sociologythe buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
  2. Business, Sociologyan instance of gentrifying;
    the condition of being gentrified.
  • gentri(fy) + -fication 1975–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gentrification /ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ n
  1. Brit a process by which middle-class people take up residence in a traditionally working-class area of a city, changing the character of the area
Etymology: 20th Century: from gentrify (to become gentry)

ˈgentriˌfier n
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