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/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ · /ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ/
to tell someone officially about something that has happened or that will happen.
通知；告知
過去式 notified過去分詞 notified-ing notifying三單 notifies
核心畫面
`notify` is the on-the-record version of `tell`. Picture a letter with an office's name printed at the top, or a message that opens with `We are writing to inform you...` — someone whose job it is to pass the news along is handing it over in a form that leaves a trace, something you could point at later and say `you did tell me`. That is why you notify the police, the school, the bank, your landlord — and why you simply tell a friend.
notify 可以想成 tell 的「公務版本」。畫面像一封信頭印著單位名稱的信，或是一則以「茲通知台端」開頭的訊息…更多收起
notify 可以想成 tell 的「公務版本」。畫面像一封信頭印著單位名稱的信，或是一則以「茲通知台端」開頭的訊息——有人因為職務關係把消息交到你手上，而且是留得下紀錄的那種交法，日後可以指著它說「你們確實通知過我」。所以英文裡 notify the police / notify the school / notify the bank / notify your landlord 都很自然；跟朋友講一件事，就只會說 tell。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
notifyverb/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/
- 1
To give (someone) notice (of some event).
- The dispatcher immediately notified the volunteer fire department of the emergency call.
- Once a decision has been reached and notified to the parties it becomes binding.
- 2
obsoleteTo make (something) known.
- 3
obsoleteTo make note of (something).
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。