尽管和美国、英国以及其它国家的立法机构相比，比例仍然很低，但在众议院的480个席位中，女议员现已达56位；而在大选前，女议员是43位。
Female MPs now occupy 56 of the lower house's 480 seats, compared to 43 before the election, although the proportion is still lower than in legislatures in the us, Britain and elsewhere.
根据Catalyst，一家旨在为更多商业女性寻找机会的非盈利性成员机构所做的调查，2010年，女性在财富500强中占据15%的董事会席位。
Women held about15% of board seats at Fortune 500 companiesin 2010, according to Catalyst, a nonprofit membership organization that expands opportunities for women in business.
立法机构当前有299个席位，其中的243由地方投票选出，其余的席位是按照比例进行投票选出的。
The legislature currently has 299 seats, of which 243 are elected by regional vote and the remaining is distributed by the proportional representation ballot.
北威州选举失利同时剥夺了默克尔联邦参议院多数席位的优势，而联邦参议院的议员是各州的代表，是最高的立法机构。
The defeat in NRW also strips Mrs Merkel's government of its majority in the Bundesrat, the upper house of the legislature, which represents the states.
此次票选的、拥有40个席位的联邦国民议会仅为咨询机构。
Not only does the 40-seat Federal National Council, for which they were voting, have only advisory powers.
大约同一时期的一位缅因州的参议员弗莱（WilliamP. Frye）曾哀叹：“在我们这个权威的机构中，有一些人通过购买的方式来获取自己的参议院席位。”
Around the same time, a senator from Maine named William P. Frye lamented that “there are several in our distinguished body who hold their seats by purchase.”
个人比较倾向于翻译为：在我们这个权威的机构中，有一些人通过购买的方式来获取自己的参议院席位。
There are several in our distinguished body who hold their seats by purchase.
拥有本所专用席位的机构可通过该席位进行大宗交易。
An institution possessing a special seat on this Exchange may have the block trade through the seat.
拥有本所专用席位的机构可通过该席位进行大宗交易。
An institution possessing a special seat on this Exchange may have the block trade through the seat.
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