What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition—if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.哪位强人能帮我分析一下这里破折号之后If引导的从句啊?好难啊,根本找不到语法点这

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What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition—if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents.
哪位强人能帮我分析一下这里破折号之后If引导的从句啊?好难啊,根本找不到语法点
这句话是考研英语2000年TEXT5第一段的一句话,翻译出来是:“奇怪的是也许已经从雄心壮志中获益最多的正是他们——如果不是他们自己的雄心,那么就是他们父母的和祖父母的。”if not always their own then that of their parents and grandparents这句是固定搭配吗?用普通语法讲不通啊!

if (the ambition) is not always their own then (the ambition is) that of their parents and grandparents
省略了一些主语以免重复,所以会感觉缺了成分