take note of/take a note of
 【问】 take note of与take a note of这两个短语意思是否相同?
 【答】 take note of意为“注意(到)”：
 1. A detective is trained to take note of people and things.(DAI)
 侦探受过训练，善于注意人和事。
 2. He took note of the change in her appearance. (Chambers)
 他注意到了她外表的变化。
 take a note (notes)意为“做笔记”、“把……记录下来”：
 Did you take a note of the lecture?
 你对这次讲课做笔记了吗?
 (参见make note of)
 make note of/make a note of
 【问】 上面两个短语有无区别?
 【答】 make note of意为“注意到”、“指出”、“记住”：
 He took to being out frequently in the evening;and of course the watchful Esther did notfail to make note of it. (Sinclair)
 他在晚间经常出去，当然，警惕的艾斯特并没有忽视这一点。
 make a note(notes) of意为“作笔记”、“记录下来”：
 1. Make a note(notes) of how much money you spend on the trip.(LDCE)
 把你在旅途中的花费记录下来。
 2. I made notes of my patient’s pulse and temperature.(Doyle)
 我把患者的脉搏和体温记录了下来。
 (参见take note of)
 compare notes
 【问】 One wants to meet like-minded collectors，to get advice，to compare notes，to exchangearticles，to show off the latest find. (New Concept English，Book 3，P. 142)
 [原译]收藏者都想拜访志趣相投的收藏者，征求意见，核实笔记，交换物品和介绍最新的收藏品。(中译本)
 【答】 常用短语compare notes不能按字面意义译为“核实笔记”，而应译为“交换意见”、“共同讨论”(exchange thoughts or ideas：discuss together)。例如：
 1. After comparing notes we found that we both had the same opinion of Jones’s work.
 在交换意见之后，我们发现我们对琼斯的工作的看法是一致的。
 2. At the meeting，workers，cadres and technicians compared notes on the technical prob-lems that had cropped up in production.
 会上，工人、干部和技术人员就生产中出现的技术问题交换了意见。
 [试译]你会希望结识志趣相投的收藏家，征求意见，交流心得，交换收藏品，炫耀最新收藏的珍品。