The fourth estate
下等社会;第四等级
🧩 词语组成解析
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
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
The internet brings people closer from around the world.
因特网把世界上人们的距离拉近了。
That makes ten dollars, right?
这加起来是十美元，对吗？
We could see that the path continued on the other side, but we had no idea how we could get across the stream.
我们可以看到小路在深溪对岸继续向前伸展，但却不知如何越过这道深溪。