默多克要和第三任妻子鄧文迪離婚，大家在猜測他們離婚真正原因的同時，都很關注二人之前簽訂的婚前和婚后協議能給鄧文迪帶來多大利益。今天，咱們就來說說婚前協議（prenuptial agreement）。

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A prenuptial agreement or premarital agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into prior to marriage, civil union or any other agreement prior to the main agreement by the people intending to marry or contract with each other.

婚前協議（prenuptial agreement），通常縮寫為prenup或prenupt，指有意成婚或者達成合作的人在結婚、民事結合（即同性結婚）或者正式注冊之前簽署的一份協議。

The content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but commonly includes provisions for division of property and spousal support in the event of divorce or breakup of marriage. They may also include terms for the forfeiture of assets as a result of divorce on the grounds of adultery, further conditions of guardianship may be included as well.

婚前協議的內容可能不盡相同，但是普遍都包括離婚或婚姻破裂時財產分配以及配偶撫養方面的條款。有時可能還會包括因通奸而導致離婚時財產沒收以及對于監護權的進一步要求等條款。

There are two types of prenuptial agreements: marriage contract for people who are married or about to be married, and cohabitation agreement for unmarried couples. A variation for people who are already married is a postnuptial agreement, also called a postmarital agreement.

婚前協議分為兩種：已婚夫婦或將婚夫婦簽署的婚姻協議，以及未結婚伴侶簽署的同居協議。已婚夫婦簽署的協議也叫做postnuptial agreement或者postmarital agreement。

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