英语词汇fourth estate的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Fourth Estate. This term for the press is said to have been coined by British statesman Edmund Burke (1729–97), who reputedly said of the Reporters’ Gallery in the House of Com- mons: “Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, more important than them all.” The other three estates of the realm are the Crown, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. Unfortunate- ly, no record exists of the Burke observation, and some histori- ans believe the words should be credited to Lord Macaulay, who wrote in an 1843 essay: “The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.”

词汇	fourth estate
词源	Fourth Estate. This term for the press is said to have been coined by British statesman Edmund Burke (1729–97), who reputedly said of the Reporters’ Gallery in the House of Com- mons: “Yonder sits the Fourth Estate, more important than them all.” The other three estates of the realm are the Crown, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. Unfortunate- ly, no record exists of the Burke observation, and some histori- ans believe the words should be credited to Lord Macaulay, who wrote in an 1843 essay: “The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.”
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