1 [U] the act of paying attention to sth or knowing about sth 注意；察觉: The protests are finally making the government take notice. 抗议行动最终引起了政府的关注。 Take no notice of what he said -- he was just being silly. 不要理会他所说的话─他只是一时胡涂。Some people don't take any notice of (= choose to ignore) speed limits. 有些人完全不顾速度限制。It has come to my noticethat you have missed a lot of classes. 我听说你缺了好多课。

2 [C] a piece of paper or a sign giving information, a warning, etc that is put where everyone can read it 通告；公告；启事: There's a notice on the board saying that the meeting has been cancelled. 布告板上的通告说会议已经取消了。The notice said ‘No dogs allowed’. 告示牌上写着：“不得携犬入内”。

3 [U] a warning that sth is going to happen 警告；通知: I can't produce a meal at such short notice! 这么迟才通知我，我没办法做出一顿饭来的！I wish you'd give me more noticewhen you're going to be off work. 你什么时候放假，我希望你提前通知我。The swimming pool is closed until further notice (= until we are told that it will open again). 游泳池已经关闭，何时开放另行通知。