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If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, be it money or your time.

请问后面的划线部分是省略句吗? 感觉很奇怪

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If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, be it money or your time.

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If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, whether it is (或be) money or your time.


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If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, be it money or your time.

请问后面的划线部分是省略句吗? 感觉很奇怪

     【答】 be it money or your time 是一个以 be 开头的让步状语从句。例如:

       All magnets behave the same, whether they be large or small. =  All magnets behave the same, be they  large or small. 所有磁体,不论大小,性质相似。(摘自赵俊英:《现代英语语法》p.1379)

      所以,

      If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, be it money or your time.

     =If you have a desire to help, then give to the homeless, whether it be money or your time.

      

      whether ... or ... 的意思是“无论...... 还是...... ”、“不管...... 还是...... ”。



  

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