hard-hitting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhard-ˈhitting adjective CRITICIZEcriticizing someone or something in a strong and effective way 〔批评〕一针见血的,直言不讳的 a hard-hitting report 直言不讳的报道
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hard-hitting• Respect for Animals, a recently formed pressure group, has chosen a hard-hitting anti-fur campaign as its first move.• Novotna really made Seles fight in a hard-hitting battle that surely set a new decibel record!• Firm judgments of the cases he has investigated have often been accompanied by hard-hitting comments about the problems his office has encountered.• Strong words and clear rulings from a hard-hitting legal eagle.• But the marketing campaign conflicts directly with the government's latest hard-hitting message for drink-drivers.• The practical and hard-hitting report was summarised as a special supplement in Building magazine.• a hard-hitting TV documentaryˌhard-ˈhitting adjectiveChineseSyllable
strong or criticizing someone effective way a Corpus in something and
hard-hitting
ˌhard-ˈhitting
adjective
criticizing someone or something in a strong and effective way:
a hard-hitting report
ˌhard-ˈhitting
adjectivecriticizing someone or something in a strong and effective way: