Hold by the State

Data compiled by Rutgers shows women currently hold 16.6 percent of the 535 seats in Congress and 23.5 percent of the seats in state legislatures.

拉特·格斯大学整理的数据表明：最近，女性占据16.6%的美国国会席位，即535个；在州议会中占据23.5%的席位。

The immediate danger is a threat by the leader of Bosnia's Serbian part to hold a referendum on whether to accept the judicial authority of the federal state.

最直接的危险是，波斯尼亚塞尔维亚地区将就是否承认联邦国家司法机关进行公投。

They then hold on to power by ruthlessly seizing control of all state institutions in the name of the majority and by rewarding their followers with jobs and benefits via an expanded public sector.

之后他们借着“多数人”的名义无情地控制所有国家机构并且通过扩展公共部门给其追随者安排工作和其他利益，从而牢牢掌控权力。