It seems possible in the case of string quartets.

四重奏乐曲是这样。

The string quartet lost two of its members to strep.

乐队有两个成员感染链球菌去世了。

Certainly people can take my part in the string quartet.

的确有人能够在四重奏中取代我的位置。

Six months later he could remember the whole movement of a string quartet.

然而六个月后他可以记住一整段弦乐四重奏的乐章。

These joint undertakings are like, well, you might think of them analogous to playing chamber music with a string quartet.

你可以把这种联合协作想象成一种音乐四重奏。

String quartets had their own time period, and nobody can ever change it because it's hanging up there in heaven someplace.

弦乐四重奏有自己的时间节点，没有人能改变它，因为音乐就是天作之音。

String quartets, jazz bands, chamber orchestras and folk groups are commonly organized within the colleges, as are literary magazines, newsletters, and photo journals.

学生们常常组合成弦乐四重奏乐团、爵士乐队、室内管弦乐队及通俗组合，这就像文艺杂志、内部简讯和图片期刊一样普遍。

Uh, sure. Who doesn't love a string quartet?

好啊 谁不喜欢弦乐四重奏呢？

There is a string quartet on campus, all students.

校园里有一个弦乐四重奏，都是学生。

Uh, sure. Who doesn't love a string quartet? But if you got a band, maybe people could dance, as opposed to sway.

额，当然。谁不喜欢弦乐四重奏呢？但如果你请支乐队，也许大家就能跳舞了，而不只是扭两下。

First I want a harpist and then a string quartet.

起先我想听竖琴 后来又想听弦乐四重奏了。

All right, urn, a string quartet for the processional, a jazz trio for cocktails...

这样好不好 行进时用弦乐四重奏 鸡尾酒会时安排爵士三重奏。

Others, eight in all, were for string quartets—two violins, a viola, and a bass.

其他的，总共八个，是弦乐四重奏——两把小提琴， 一把中提琴和一把贝司。

As his hands float over the keyboard, the sound reaching his audience is as singular as it is beautiful: simultaneously reminiscent of the harpsichord, organ and a string quartet.

他的手指在键盘上舞蹈，独特悦耳的声音传到听众那里，同时让人想起大键琴、羽管键琴、管风琴以及弦乐四重奏的声音。

So, reacting to sad music on the radio may have nothing to do with the melancholic sound of a string quartet or a singer who's got the blues, but rather a natural chemical reaction taking place in our bodies.

因此，对收音机中悲伤音乐的反应可能与弦乐四重奏或布鲁斯歌手的忧郁声音无关， 而是我们体内发生的自然化学反应。