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be a newsagent
newsagent 是可数名词，指人，可用不定冠词 a。
My uncle is a newsagent.
我叔叔是报刊经销商。
报刊经销商
newsagents — plural of newsagent
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报刊经销商
someone who sells newspapers
My uncle is a newsagent.
我叔叔是报刊经销商。
报刊文具店；出售报纸、杂志和文具的零售店
A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
报刊文具店的店主或经营者
The proprietor of such a business.
I asked the newsagent whether the morning paper had arrived yet.
我问报刊经销商早报到了没有。
The local newsagents all sell bus tickets as well as newspapers.
当地的报刊经销商除了报纸也卖公交车票。
She worked as a newsagent for ten years before retiring.
她退休前做了十年报刊经销商。
newsagent 是可数名词，指人，可用不定冠词 a。
My uncle is a newsagent.
我叔叔是报刊经销商。
work as 后接职业名词，表示从事某种职业。
She works as a newsagent in the local shop.
她在当地商店做报刊经销商。
Not this
He is newsagent.
Use this
He is a newsagent.
newsagent 是可数名词，表示‘报刊经销商’这个身份时前面需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。
Not this
The newsagent sent reporters to the scene.
Use this
The news agency sent reporters to the scene.
newsagent 指卖报纸的个人，而‘通讯社’是 news agency；‘派出记者’的主语应是机构，不是个人经销商。
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当地报刊经销商
I get my newspapers from the local newsagent.
我从当地报刊经销商那里买报纸。
街角报刊经销商
The corner newsagent sells cards and stationery.
街角报刊经销商出售贺卡和文具。
独立报刊经销商
He runs an independent newsagent in the village.
他在村里经营一家独立报刊经销店。
在报刊经销店
I'll stop at the newsagents on my way to work.
我上班途中会在报刊经销店停一下。
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news（新闻）+ agent（代理人）→ 替新闻找到买家的代理人，即报刊经销商。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、购物 newsagent 通常指卖报纸杂志的小店店主，多用于英式英语的口语或日常购物的场景中，比较常见于越洋日常交流而非正式书面语。
agent 和 reagent 与 newsagent 结尾的 -agent 读音相同，都是 /eɪdʒənt/。pageant、sergeant 和 urgent 拼写相近但读音不同：pageant /ˈpædʒənt/、sergeant /ˈsɑːdʒənt/、urgent /ˈɜːdʒənt/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.