Day 20

"It is always CBP's preference to acquire property through a voluntary, negotiated sale.

preference 偏爱，优先/'pref(ə)r(ə)ns/

美国海关边防局通常倾向于通过捐赠协商售卖获得财产。

The Government will attempt to negotiate an offer to sell using survey data and value estimates gleaned from the surveying process," reads an excerpt in a border wall Q&A on their site.

estimates 估价

gleaned 收集

excerpt 摘录/'eksɜːpt/

政府企图协商卖现在正在使用的调查数据和从调查过程中收集的有价值的东西。

摘录自他们网站的关于边境墙的问答中。

"The Government will attempt to negotiate an offer to sell before moving forward with exercising eminent domain.

eminent 杰出的/'emɪnənt/

domain /də(ʊ)'meɪn/领域，产业

政府尝试协商在这些数据投入到杰出领域前售卖数据。

However, if the Government and landowner are unable to reach a negotiated sale or if the Government is unable to obtain clean title, the Government will need to file an eminent domain action."

landowner 土地拥有者

然而，如果政府和土地所有者不能达成协议售买要求或者政府不能获得干净的权益，政府将需要呈递一份杰出领域行动。