单词 | fourth estate |
释义 | fourth estate (once / 33294 pages) n WORD FAMILY fourth estate: fourth estates USAGE EXAMPLESFew are in doubt that swaths of the British and US media are no longer a fourth estate, speaking truth to power. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) As he showed last week during his interview with the Times, the President-elect can butter up the Fourth Estate when he wants to. The New Yorker(Nov 29, 2016) Jon McGregor is the author of If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things; his new novel, Reservoir 13, will be published next April by Fourth Estate. The Guardian(Nov 26, 2016) n the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers Hyper estate, estate of the realm, the three estates a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights |
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