(試圖)迫使某人(做某事); (尤指)催逼某人(做某事)The birth of twins put pressure on them to find a bigger flat. 他們生了雙胞胎, 不得不尋找一套較大的住房。I don't want to put pressure on you to make a decision, but we haven't much time left. 我並不想催你做決定, 只是我們剩下的時間已經不多了。
坦率地說Not to put too fine a point on it, we don't think his paintings are so good. 坦率地說, 我們並不認為他的畫水準很高。I don't much like modern music -- in fact, not to put too fine a point on it, I hate it. 我不很喜歡現代音樂--說句老實話, 我其實很討厭現代音樂。