Fourth estate
<正>新闻界, 报界
🧩 词语组成解析
estate
[ɪ'stet]
n. 财产，遗产，房地产;个人财产;不动产权;（较高的）社会地位;
adj. （汽车）连箱的（拥有较长的车身和后门，后座后面有较大的空间）;
e出+stat站着+e强调→站出来的东西→房子等不动产
🗣️ 情景例句
while you're at work.
在你工作的时候。
Who is the greatest writer of our times?
谁是当代最伟大的作家？
After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.
他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁，发现有个人卡在烟囱里。