在这句话中see不是“看见”或者“见到”的意思,其确切意思“见证”或者“经历”的意思。the utilities sector has seen rapid growth in new service order 汉语意思为:公用工程部门新的服务订单快速增加。再举个例子Great changes have taken place in my hometown. 可以变为My hometown has seen great changes.
1. 地球上的人口增长很快。The population of the earth is increasing very fast. 2. 一个显著的原因是拥有私家车的人增长很快。One obvious reason is that car ownership has increased rapidly. 3. 城市经济增长很快,但也没有达到33%的增长率。The urban economy is growing rapidly, but not at a 33 percent pace.