Be pressed about

美國總統候選人希拉里和特朗普，首度在電視辯論上交鋒。該埸辯論對他們極為重要，當然各不相讓，不斷逼問對方最難堪的問題。

「被逼問」，英文可以用be pressed about。Press原意解「按、擠壓」，例如，Press the button.（按下按鈕。）Her father pressed her face against the floor.（她的父親把她的臉壓在地板上。）

Press可以引伸指「催促、催迫」，常用to press someone to do something或者to press someone into doing something（催迫某人做某事）。例句：The salesman was pressing us to make a quick decision.（推銷員催促我們迅速作出決定。）He was pressed into washing the dishes.（他被迫洗碗。）

「被逼問」都是有「催迫」之意，所以可用press一字表達。例句：Trump was pressed about his refusal to release his tax returns.（特朗普被迫問他拒絕公開納稅申報單的事情。）Clinton was pressed about her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of the state.（希拉莉被迫問她任國務卿時，使用私人電郵服務器。）

（本欄逢周一、三、五刊登）