hard-hitting
英国での教育問題のニュースをThe Independentより引用します。
hard-hittingと聞きますと「（（略式））力強い」（『ジーニアス英和辞典 第３版』大修館）という語義を連想しますが「＜批評などが＞痛烈な」（ibid）という定義もあり、Cambridge Dictionaries Onlineでも調べてみますと’ A speech or piece of writing that is hard-hitting includes strongcriticism of something’と載っていました。(Shou-VR*)
Special report: Coalition in crisis over free schools and academies
Lib Dem leader attacks Conservative policy on educational institutions that don't have to meet core standards
The Deputy Prime Minister will deliver a hard-hitting speech that will put pressure on the Conservatives over the lack of appropriately qualified teachers in free schools, including the crisis-hit Al-Madinah school in Derby.
