1·Those who insisted on worshiping at the altar of soporific right thinking-those who thought that conflict had become obsolete-were swept away in less than 20 years.
那些坚持在催眠般权利思想的祭坛边祈祷的人，那些认为冲突已经成为过去的人——在不到20年的时间里被一扫而光。
2·But there have always been what she calls "candy alarmists," who warned that candy was too stimulating, too soporific, poisoned, or otherwise hazardous.
但世上从不缺少她所谓的“糖果杞人忧天者”，他们警告大家糖果容易令人亢奋、有催眠作用、有毒，总之危害重重。
3·In contrast to the blaze of sunlight outside, the inner light had a soporific effect, especially on the twins.
与户外灿烂的阳光相比，室内的光线有种催眠效果，这对双胞胎尤其明显。
4·Providence, out of pity for mankind, has instilled a soporific charm into all tedious things.
老天爷悲悯世人，他在一切沉闷的东西上都施加了催眠般的魔力。
5·In Lavengro (or is it Romany Rye?) there is an impossible character, a victim of insomnia, who finds that a volume of Wordsworth's poems is the only sure soporific; but that was Borrow s malice.
在《拉文格罗》（或者是《吉卜赛男人》）一书中有一个无可救药的人，患有失眠症，他发现华尔华斯的一卷诗集是惟一有效的催眠剂，但那只不过是伯罗的恶作剧而已。