131. infect  vt.  传染，感染

　　The flu virus infected almost the entire class.

　　The wound was infected with germs.

　　Anyone with a bad cold may infect the people around him.

　　We can eat the meat which has been infected.

　　132. instinctive   adj.   本能的

　　Animals have an instinctive dread of fire.

　　The will to survive is instinctive.

　　Climbing is instinctive in monkeys.

　　The instinctive act of a frightened person is to run away.

　　133. invert   vt.  使颠倒     adj.   n.   转化的， 颠倒的事物

　　They got the hourglass inverted.

　　Let’s invert the subject and predicate of the sentence.

　　The order has been inverted.

　　134. irritate  vt.  激怒，使急躁  make very angry

　　I was irritated by his behavior.

　　What he said irritated her.

　　The children irritated him.

　　His letter irritated me a little.

　　135. literally  adv.  照字面意思地， 准确地  exactly

　　He translated the article literally.

　　They carry out the order literally.

　　We all understood him literally.

　　136. magnitude  n .  巨大  huge

　　The magnitude of the flood was impossible to comprehend.

　　We were shocked by the magnitude of the crisis.

　　137. manipulate  vt. 操作，使用  operate， use

　　He tried to manipulate stock prices.

　　试图操纵股票价格

　　He manipulated public opinion in his favor.

　　She manipulated the machines with ease.

　　A clever politician knows how to manipulate his supporters.

　　138. massacre  vt. 残杀，集体屠杀   kill in a great number

　　Hitler massacred a large number of Jews during WW II.

　　When the soldiers captured the city, they massacred all the inhabitants.

　　Many male infants were massacred when the soldiers occupied the town.

　　139. merge  v.  合并，结合，并入  combine

　　The small banks merged into one large organization.

　　We are merging with the company.

　　The two colleges merged into one university.

　　The company has merged several small businesses.

　　140. miniaturize  vt.  使小型化   make small

　　The factory was miniaturized by laying off some of the workers.

　　The miniaturized enterprises emerged in the developing zone.

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