核心问题
[However, if we suddenly removed one end of the cylinder, the cylinder would tend to move. The movement would be in the direction of the closed end.] The reason is that the molecules of air no longer have anything to bump against in the open end... (某大学研考英语试题) [原译] [然而, 如果我们突然间把圆筒一端拆卸下, 那么该圆筒就会移动, 移动就会朝着密闭的一端。] 其原因是, 空气的分子就不再有任何东西碰撞到敞开的一端上。(《出国生、研究生英语试题解答》, p. 175)
请分析 anything to bump against 的语义关系与译法。
词典解答
动词不定式充当定语时,与其所修饰的名词或代词存在着多种多样的逻辑关系,这里只讨论其中的两种。