gentrify
verb [ T often passive ] disapproving uk/ˈdʒen.trɪ.faɪ/ us/ˈdʒen.trə.faɪ/
（上层社会的人移居过来而）使（地区）贵族化
to change a place from being a poor area to a richer one, by people of a higher social class moving to live there
The area where I grew up has been all modernized and gentrified, and has lost all its old character. 我成长的地方已经整个被现代化和贵族化，完全失去了以前的风貌。
gentrification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdʒen.trɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌdʒen.trə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
（地区的）贵族化
the process by which an area is gentrified