It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,
钱包是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 45 A clear conscience

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

newspaper ['nuzpepɚ] 词频1
n. 报纸，报;旧报纸;新闻纸;
💡 news新闻+paper纸 → 报纸
"The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report."
新闻报道证明了他的推测果然不假。
近义：journal, paper, periodical, gazette, newsprint
half [hæf] 词频1
adj. 一半的，半个的; n. 半;一半;（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱;（比赛、音乐会等的）半场; adv. 一半;部份地;
"He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking."
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业.
近义：mid, midway, partially, semi 反义：absolutely, off, outright, perfectly, plumb, positively
money ['mʌni] 词频1
n. 钱;财富;薪水;款项;
💡 如果乱花 钱，家长会“骂你”（谐音）
"The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous ."
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
近义：assets, means, resources, specie, wherewithal, readies
lost [lɔst] 词频1
adj. 失去的;迷路的;不知所措的; v. 遗失，失去（ lose的过去式和过去分词）;（使）失去（所需要的东西，尤指钱）;（因事故、年老、死亡等）损失;浪费;
"I lost my balance and fell backwards."
我没有站稳，仰面摔倒。
近义：mislaid, misplaced, missing, stray, wayward, adrift 反义：discovered, safe
wrapped
a. 有包装的
近义：swathed, covered, intent, absorbed, rapt, bemused 反义：unpacked

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

Later a neighbour told me about him.
后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。
Instead of catching fish,they catch old boots and rubbish.
他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。
That was all she remembered.
她所记得的就是这些。
The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly.
然而那蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。
Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！
Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them.
他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣裳，特别小心以防别人认出他们。