婚前协议:在结婚前由双方签署的法律协议,用于约定婚后财产归属、债务承担,以及在离婚或一方去世等情况下的经济安排。(也常简称为 prenup。)
/ˌpriːˈnʌpʃəl əˈɡriːmənt/
We signed a prenuptial agreement before our wedding.
我们在婚礼前签了婚前协议。
Although they trusted each other, they drafted a prenuptial agreement to clarify how their businesses and debts would be handled if the marriage ended.
尽管他们彼此信任,他们还是起草了一份婚前协议,以明确如果婚姻结束,双方的企业和债务将如何处理。
prenuptial 来自 pre-(“在……之前”)+ nuptial(“婚礼的、婚姻的”,源自拉丁语 nuptiae “婚礼/婚姻”);agreement 意为“协议”。合起来就是“在婚前达成的协议”。