词汇 | yuppified |
释义 | yuppified past simple and past participle ofyuppify yuppify verb[ T ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈjʌp.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈjʌp.ə.faɪ/ to change the appearance of a place to suit or attract people who earn and spend a lot of money使…雅皮士化,为吸引雅皮士而改变 Rich people advantaged baller beautiful champagne socialist deb elite fat cat gilded magnate millionairess multi-millionairess nouveau riche preppy scion socialite squattocracy squillionaire tax exile the jet set yuppify Examples of yuppifiedyuppified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There are village schools, schools in market towns, schools in "yuppified" suburbs and schools in derelict city centres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tory legislation in 1981 removed grants aimed at ensuring that dock companies kept docks as docks and did not turn them into marinas or other yuppified pursuits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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