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no·tice \\ˈnō-təs\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, knowledge, notification, from Latin notitia acquaintance, awareness, from notus known, from past participle of noscere to come to know — more at know
DATE 15th century
1.
a.
(1) warning or intimation of something
: announcement
(2) the announcement of a party's intention to quit an agreement or relation at a specified time
(3) the condition of being warned or notified — usually used in the phrase
on notice
b. information
, intelligence
2.
a. attention
, heed
b. polite or favorable attention : civility
3. a written or printed announcement4. a short critical account or reviewtransitive verb
(
no·ticed ;
no·tic·ing)
DATE 15th century
1. to give notice of2.
a. to comment upon
b. review
3.
a. to treat with attention or civility
b. to take notice of : mark
4. to give a formal notice to
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no·tic·er noun notice
notice (n.) c.1412, "information, intelligence," from L. notitia "a being known, fame, knowledge," from notus "known," pp. of (g)noscere "come to know, to get to know, get acquainted (with)," from PIE *gno-sko-, a suffixed form of root *gno- (see know). Sense of "formal warning" is attested from 1594. Meaning "a sign giving information" is from 1805. The verb is attested from c.1450, originally "to notify;" sense of "to point out" is from 1627. Meaning "to take notice of" is attested from 1757, but was long execrated in England as an Americanism (occasionally as a Scottishism, the two crimes not being clearly distinguished).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
☞ noticeno·tice /
5nEutis;
NAmE 5nou- /
nounPAYING ATTENTION 注意
1. [U] the fact of sb paying attention to sb / sth or knowing about sth
注意;理会;察觉:
Don't take any notice of what you read in the papers. 别在意你在报上看到的东西。
Take no notice of what he says. 别理会他说的话。
These protests have really made the government sit up and take notice (= realize the importance of the situation). 这些抗议活动确实引起了政府的警觉和注意。
It was Susan who brought the problem to my notice (= told me about it). 是苏珊使我注意到这个问题的。
Normally, the letter would not have come to my notice (= I would not have known about it). 通常情况下,我是不会看到这封信的。
(
formal)
It will not have escaped your notice that there have been some major changes in the company. 你肯定会注意到公司已经发生了一些重大的变化。GIVING INFORMATION 通报信息
2. [C] a sheet of paper giving written or printed information, usually put in a public place
通告;布告;通知:
There was a notice on the board saying the class had been cancelled. 布告牌上有一则通知说这堂课取消了。3. [C] a board or sign giving information, an instruction or a warning
公告牌;警示牌:
a notice saying 'Keep off the Grass' 写着"勿踏草地"的公告牌ANNOUNCING STH 宣布
4. [C] a small advertisement or
announcement
in a newspaper or magazine
启事;声明:
notices of births, marriages and deaths 出生喜报、结婚启事和讣告5. [C] a short
announcement
made at the beginning or end of a meeting, a church service, etc.
通知:
There are just ten notices this week. 本周只有两项通知。WARNING 警告
6. [U] information or a warning given in advance of sth that is going to happen
预告;警告:
You must give six month's notice. 你必须一个月前发出通知。
Prices may be altered without notice. 价格变动不另行通知。
The bar is closed until further notice (= until you are told that it is open again). 酒吧停止营业,直到另行通知。
You are welcome to come and stay as long as you give us plenty of notice. 只要你及时通知,我们都欢迎你来住宿。WHEN LEAVING JOB / HOUSE 辞职;搬迁
7. [U] a formal letter or statement saying that you will or must leave your job or house at the end of a particular period of time
辞职信;搬迁通知:
He has handed in his notice. 他递交了辞呈。
They gave her ten weeks' notice. 他们通知她两周后搬走。REVIEW OF BOOK / PLAY 书评;剧评
8. [C] a short article in a newspaper or magazine, giving an opinion about a book, play, etc.
(报刊上对书籍、戏剧等的)评论,短评 IDIOMS ▪ at short 'notice |
at a moment's 'notice
not long in advance; without warning or time for preparation
随时;一经通知立即;没有准备时间:
This was the best room we could get at such short notice. 这是我们临时能弄到的最好的房间了。
You must be ready to leave at a moment's notice. 你必须随时准备出发。▪ on short 'notice(NAmE) =
at short notice
verb (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时)SEE / HEAR 看到;听到
1. to see or hear sb / sth; to become aware of sb / sth
看(或听)到;注意到;意识到:
▪ [VN]
The first thing I noticed about the room was the smell. 我首先注意到的是这屋子里的气味。
▪ [V]
People were making fun of him but he didn't seem to notice. 人们在跟他开玩笑,但他好像没有理会。
▪ [V (that)]
I couldn't help noticing (that) she was wearing a wig. 我一眼就看出她戴着假发。
▪ [V wh-]
Did you notice how Rachel kept looking at her watch? 你有没有注意到雷切尔在不停地看她的手表?
▪ [VN inf]
I noticed them come in. 我注意到他们进来了。
▪ [VN -ing]
I didn't notice him leaving. 我没看到他离开。PAY ATTENTION 注意
2. [VN] to pay attention to sb / sth
注意;留意:
She wears those strange clothes just to get herself noticed. 她穿那些奇装异服不过是想引人注意而已。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishnotice
verb
ADV. not even My mum probably won't even notice I'm gone. | not really Nobody really noticed the changes. | barely, hardly, scarcely | (only) just I must go! I've only just noticed how late it is. | suddenly | at once, immediately He noticed at once that something was wrong. | quickly, soon | eventually, finally
VERB + NOTICE fail to | not appear to, not seem to He didn't seem to notice her.
PHRASES can't/couldn't help noticing sth You couldn't help noticing how his eyes kept following her.
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishnotice
noun
1 attention
VERB + NOTICE take Take no notice of what you read in the papers. | come to Normally such matters would not come to my notice. | bring to | attract The change was too subtle to attract much notice.
2 written statement
ADJ. warning
VERB + NOTICE issue, place, post, put up The company has issued warning notices saying that all water should be boiled. | take down | read, see
NOTICE + VERB appear, go up The notice about his resignation went up this morning. | say sth, tell sb sth
PREP. ~ about There are notices about where to park.
3 information given in advance
ADJ. written | advance, prior | short | reasonable
VERB + NOTICE give, hand in your She's given notice that she intends to leave. | have, receive | need, require The bank requires three days' notice.
PREP. without ~ They cut off the electricity without notice. | ~ of A landlord must give reasonable notice of his intention to inspect the property.
PHRASES at a moment's notice The team is ready to go anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. | at short notice It's the best we can do at such short notice. | notice to quit His landlord gave him two months' notice to quit. | on a month's/week's, etc. notice She's on a week's notice, which doesn't give her long to find another job.
notice noun
⇨ attention (bring sth to your notice)
⇨ poster (a notice on the board)
⇨ sign 2 (The notice read…)
⇨ warning (until further notice)
⇨ take no notice ⇨ ignore verb
⇨ give in/hand in your notice ⇨ leave verb 3
notice verb
⇨ notice
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no·ticeI. \ˈnōd.ə̇s, -ōtə̇s\
noun
(
-s)
Etymology: Middle English
notyce, from Middle French
notice acquaintance, from Latin
notitia, from
notus (past participle of
noscere to become acquainted with) +
-itia -ice — more at
know
1.
a.
(1) : formal or informal warning or intimation of something
: announcement
< subject to change without notice — Dun's Review >
< was notice that Britain meant to crack down on violence — Time >
< give notice of the fat and wrinkles coming to the young bride — H.M.Parshley >
(2) : a warning, announcement, or intimation given a specified time before the event to take place
< evacuating a school building … in a minute's notice — Rose Bernadette >
< upon reasonable notice, these charges are subject to adjustment — Bulletin of Bates College >
< ready to leave at short notice >
< allow me ten minutes' notice >
(3) : notification by one of the parties to an agreement or relation (as by an employer to a laborer) of intention of terminating it at a specified time
< tenants' right freely to give notice — Store Bolin >
(4) : a communication of intelligence or of a claim or demand often required by statute or contract and prescribing the manner or form of giving it
< a notice to quit leased premises >
(5) : the condition of being warned or notified — usually used in the phrase
on notice
< are on notice that their military supply centers … would no longer be a privileged sanctuary — New York Times >
< putting all … court personnel on notice that fundamental rights had to be observed — E.E.Nobleman >
b. : information
,
intelligence
< notice of any errors … should be addressed — Federal Guide (Australia) >
< give notice of a poet — H.A.Larrabee >
c.
(1) archaic : knowledge
(2) : actual knowledge of a pertinent legal fact — called also
actual notice, express notice
(3) : knowledge of a particular fact (as the terms of a lease when one knows a tenant is in possession) capable of being acquired by the exercise of reasonable care on the part of the person legally chargeable with it — called also
implied notice
(4) : knowledge of a particular fact (as from deeds recorded in a public registry office) imputed by a positive rule of law to a person regardless of his actual knowledge — called also
constructive notice
d. obsolete : notion
,
idea
2.
a.
(1) : attention
,
heed
,
observation
< first attracted notice with his short novel >
< will be brought under the notice of the police — Priscilla Hughes >
< the first … to receive notice from history — W.J.Entwistle & W.A.Morison >
— often used in the phrase
take notice
< doubted whether she would take much notice — Gerard Bourke >
< you sit up and take notice >
(2) : the condition of being noticed
< brought him into public notice — Gearoid O'Sullivan >
b. : polite or favorable attention
: favor
,
respect
,
civility
< she had very little notice from any but him — Jane Austen >3. : a written or printed announcement or bulletin
< one sees crude notices of patent medicines — American Guide Series: Florida >
< inserted a notice in the newspaper >
< all the societies put up printed notices of their activities — S.P.B.Mais >4.
a. : a critical account or commentary on a play or other public performance
< the stage play received … glowing notices — C.J.Rolo >
< opened to enthusiastic notices — Current Biography >
b. : book review
< presume that your book … is not out yet though I have heard rumors of notices — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
< a collection of book notices — British Book News >
c. : critical examination
: review
,
evaluation
< the books under notice … are a valuable addition — Times Literary Supplement >
< considered 2,179 publications and selected 887 for notice — L.H.Evans >II. verb
(
-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: in sense 1a, from Middle English
notysen to notify, from
notyce; in other senses from
notice (I)
transitive verb1.
a. archaic : notify
,
intimate
b. : to give notice of the scheduling of (a legal proceeding) by placing on a court calendar
< hearing on the motion was noticed for February 14 — Caryl Chessman >2.
a. : to comment or remark upon
: make mention of
: refer to
< the city merchant's house … that is noticed in another chapter — Elizabeth Montizambert >
< three of the four men noticed by name — H.M.Reichard >
b. : to write a notice of
: review
< asked me to notice the volume — O.W.Holmes †1935 >
< noticed in these pages when it came out last year — Times Literary Supplement >3.
a. : to pay polite or favorable attention to
: treat with attention or civility
: greet
,
recognize
< were noticed only by a curtsey — Jane Austen >
b.
(1) : to take notice of with the senses
: pay attention to
: see
,
sense
,
note
< noticed a strange odor in the room >
< some attractive feature that can be noticed — Agnes M. Miall >
< doesn't notice a word — Charles Dickens >
< began to notice other men — Time >
< barely noticed the clock strike midnight — Erle Stanley Gardner >
(2) : to take notice of with the mind
: mark
< the first thing that we notice is that our thought moves with … incredible rapidity — J.H.Robinson †1936 >
< worth while to notice that belief in the supernatural presupposes a belief in natural law — W.R.Inge >4. : to give a formal notice or notification to
: serve a notice on
< notice a tenant >intransitive verb: to take notice