The sentence of the court was twelve years' hard labour.
法庭的判决是十二年苦役。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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She hit the ball too hard and it went out of the court.
她用力过猛，把球打出了场外。
《牛津词典》
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Yettaw was given a seven-year jail sentence, including four years of hard Labour, after the court found him guilty of abetting the violation of the house arrest order and two other offences.