I want to stay with my poor mother, but the doctors warn me that she may linger on as she is, or be a permanent invalid. 这句话粗体部分的意思我大概是了解的,但as she is这个是什么成分?具体如何翻译?它省略了什么啊?还有这个or be的前面省略的是she may吗?谢谢解答!
as she is为方法状语,修饰linger on. 以现在的状况长期拖延下去。or在此不是“或者”的意思,而是“即,也就是”的意思,是对linger on as she is的补充说明:即成为永久的残疾者。