Day55: 经济学人每日一词soporific

soporific

英 [?s?p??r?f?k] 美 [?sɑp??r?f?k]

■经济学人例句

① In the soporific heat you would be forgiven for thinking that time had forgotten the New Jersey-sized nation.在令人昏昏欲睡的热浪中，如果你觉得这个如新泽西州大小的国家已被遗忘，那也情有可原。

② Legal conferences can be soporific,especially in China,and a scholar from Beijing duly set the tone by asserting that “order is important in the market.” 法律会议，特别是中国的法律会议，往往让人昏昏欲睡。不出所料，一位来自北京的学者声称“在市场中秩序很重要”，为会议定下了基调。

■释义

[adjective] Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep [形容词] 使人昏沉或催眠的

■解读

■近义词

sleep-inducing,somnolent,sedative