I've probably lost my potential to be an outstanding cellist.

我可能已经失去了,成为一名出色的大提琴家的那种潜能

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I'm unlikely to become a concert cellist at this point.

现在我已经不大可能成为一个大提琴家了

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A cellist is always shortening and lengthening the strings.

大提琴演奏家总是在压缩或拉长弦

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It doesn't have every potential, it's a boy or a girl, it's not going to go back, but it has lots of potential in that eventually when it becomes an adult it could become a cellist, or a biologist, or an auto mechanic, or a biomedical engineer, all those potentials are still there.

但不是全部,比如性别已有定论,无法改变,但还是有很多潜能,当孩子长大,他可以成为大提琴家,生物学家,机械师或者生物医学工程师,他仍有所有的潜能

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