又或者是apply to为动词短语?
还有they clamp down on the newspapers中on the newpapers干什么成分?
严格地讲,apply是谓语,to everybody是表示对象的状语,句子可划分为“主语+谓语+状语”。不过,apply常与to搭配用,所以将apply to“适用于;与.....有关”作为短语动词已成为大家的共识,因此句子可划分为“主语+谓语+宾语”。下列例句均摘自葛传槼等编著的《英语短语动词词典》(上海译文出版社):
This rule applies to freshmen only.这条规则只适用于大学小学一年级学生。
I dont think what he says applies to you as much as to us.我想他的话对你并不像对我那样适用。