1.newspaper的基本意思是“报道性读物”,侧重指每日、每周出版的载有新闻的出版物。作“一种报纸”解时,是可数名词,在口语中常略作paper。
2.newspaper用作不可数名词,可指“废旧报纸”,还可作“报社”解。

The newspaper turned against the president.该报转而攻击总统。
The newspapers wrote about his performance in very flattering words.各报纸以十分谄媚的语言报道他的演出。
This newspaper is proper for young people.这种报纸适合于青年人看。
The newspaper reported that prices were going up.报纸报道说物价正在上涨。
The event captured the headlines of all newspapers.这件事各报都用大标题登出。
On the bus I always manage to glance at the headlines in the newspapers.在公共汽车上我总能设法简略地扫一眼报纸上的大标题。
That story has got into the newspaper.那件事已见报了。
The only daily newspaper in the city did not publish yesterday because of a strike.市内唯一的日报昨天因罢工而没发行。
He carried a little bread in a piece of newspaper.他拿着一块用报纸包着的面包。
I stopped a big crack in the door with old newspaper.我用旧报纸补了门上的一条大缝。
In a letter to the newspaper,Tom hit back at those who had found fault with his book.汤姆在写给报馆的信中对抨击他这本书的人们进行反驳。
Some of old newspapers had to go out of business for low sales.有些老的报社由于销量低而倒闭了。
It must be true,I read of it in the newspaper.那一定是真的,那是我从报纸上得到的消息。
It was sad to read of the death of the famous old actress in this morning's newspaper.从今天的晨报上得知这位年老的著名女演员去世的消息令人伤感。
It was reported in the newspaper that the workers were still on strike.据报纸报道,工人们仍在罢工。

newspaper, gazette, journal, press
这四个词的共同意思是“报纸”。其区别是：newspaper是“报纸”的普通用语。今天或昨天的报纸被普通称为today's newspaper或yesterday's newspaper; journal指定期刊物或报纸,尤指“杂志”; gazette指“官报”,尤指“政府公报”; press指“新闻界”“出版社”,是一国、一地或一都市的出版机构的总称。
下面两个句子的意思不同：
There's a photo in the newspaper.
报上有一张照片。
(照片是报纸内容的一部分)
There's a photo on the newspaper.
报纸上面放着一张照片。

1.我从昨天的报纸上读到这条消息。
［误］  I read about the news from yesterday's newspaper.
［正］  I read about the news in yesterday's newspaper.
我很有兴趣研究在报纸上刊登的地图。
［误］  I took a keen interest in studying maps that appeared on the newspapers.
［正］  I took a keen interest in studying maps that appeared in the newspapers.
［析］  英语中习惯用in the newspaper表示“在报纸上的内容”,而不用其他介词。
2.她每天看报纸。
［误］  She saw the newspaper every day.
［正］  She read the newspaper every day.
［析］  本句中看的意思是“阅读”。
3.今天的报纸上刊载了我的文章。
［误］  My article is published by today's newspaper.
［正］  My article appears in today's newspaper.
［析］  publish的动作主体不是newspaper,而应该是报社。

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