to eat 动词不定式做实意动词宾语如何理解

The population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat.

to eat 动名词做实意动词宾语如何理解

是否应该是 leaving sth to eat

The population is ever growing, leaving less and less  to eat.

参考译文人口在不断增长，留下来可吃的东西愈加少了。

备注：leaving less and less to eat为目前分词作结果状语。

备注：less and less可以理解为省略了“food”

备注：不定式to eat作后置定语，修饰前面代词less . less为little比较级,less and less 愈加少。