单词 | gentrification |
释义 | gentrifiˈcation [f. next: see -ification.] The process by which an (urban) area is rendered middle-class. Also transf.
1973Times 26 Sept. 19/3 The switch to owner-occupation has shifted overcrowding to the north of the borough which already suffered acutely before the ‘gentrification’ process began. 1977Time Out 7 Jan. 49/5 Some time ago the Chalcott Cafe became the Chalcot Bistro—keeping up with the gentrification of the neighbourhood. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 8/1 Sloane gentrification isn't the same as trendy intelligentsia gentrification... You don't really understand The North (the established arty intelligentsia areas—Islington, Highgate and Hampstead). 1985Listener 11 Apr. 7/1 An awful lot of gentrification is taking place in the Borough of Hackney. |

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