Question

请教一个句子成分的问题

There is no doubt that they have the power to do that and if they really want to have an impact on society, they would have to change their focus and show America the best of us, 【instead of the worst】.

请问 instead of the worst 在句子中是作什么成分？

Answer 1

instead本身是副词，但是instead of这个词组在句子中起介词的作用(复合介词)，用作状语短语。the worst作instead of的宾语。注意只有instead of这个组合才是介词，instead单独用是副词。虽然instead of后面跟名词、代词或名词性形容词(the worst)时，这些词可以替代前面的主语或宾语(the best)，但这个短语修饰的是谓语show，而不是与the worst在意思上并列的宾语the best，所以是状语。instead of后面跟v+ing时，其状语成分就很明显了。如：
He runs instead of walking.

instead词根是stead(位置)。因此instead of意思上等同于in place of，很多情况下两者可以互换。不过在你这句里不行。

Answer 2

原问题：请教一个句子成分的问题There is no doubt that they have the power to do that and if they really want to have an impact on society, they would have to change their focus and show America the best of us, 【instead of the worst】.
请问 instead of the worst 在句子中是作什么成分？
提问者：windowsvo

回答：instead of the worst这是一个介词短语，用作状语表示转折。它相当于: ... BUT they would NOT have to show America the worst of us。
你好，windowsvo！满意吗？如果不满意可以追问。满意的话就顶一下。

Answer 3

很难回答，令人麻烦的问题

Answer 4

介词短语作状语