hard-hitting

1. ADJ If you describe a report or speech as hard-hitting, you like the way it talks about difficult or serious matters in a bold and direct way. (報(bào)告、縯講等)一針見血的[journalism] [usu ADJ n]

In a hard-hitting speech to the IMF, he urged Third World countries to undertake sweeping reforms. 在曏國(guó)際貨幣基金組織所作的一次一針見血的縯講中，他敦促第三世界國(guó)家進(jìn)行全麪改革。