Who should be responsible for the accident? The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the ord

问题描述:

Who should be responsible for the accident? The boss, not the workers. They just carried out the ord
答案是as told
请教一下as 在句子中充当什么成分,起什么作用

They just carried out the order【as told】他们只是奉命行事(所以责任在老板)
as told 是as 引导的方式状语从句
完整的说法是:
as they had been told 直译:按照被指令的