| 释义 | precontract
 pre·con·tractP0513550 (prē-kŏn′trăkt)n. An existing contract, such as the marriage contract, that incapacitates the maker from entering into any additional contract of the same kind.adj. Of or relating to occurrences or states prior to a contract: precontract negotiations; precontract positions.pre′con·tract′ (-kən-trăkt′) v.
 precontractn a contract or arrangement made beforehand, esp a betrothal   vb  1. to betroth or enter into a betrothal by previous agreement  2. to make (an agreement, etc) by prior arrangementpre•con•tract(n.  priˈkɒn trækt; v.  ˌpri kənˈtrækt, priˈkɒn trækt)
 n.    1.  a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.  v.t.    2.  to bind by means of a precontract.  v.i.    3.  to make a precontract.  [1375–1425]  pre`con•trac′tu•al  (-ˈtræk tʃu əl)  adj.
 precontractPast participle: precontracted
 Gerund: precontracting
 
 | Imperative | 
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 | precontract |  | precontract | 
 | Present | 
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 | I precontract |  | you precontract |  | he/she/it precontracts |  | we precontract |  | you precontract |  | they precontract | 
 | Preterite | 
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 | I precontracted |  | you precontracted |  | he/she/it precontracted |  | we precontracted |  | you precontracted |  | they precontracted | 
 | Present Continuous | 
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 | I am precontracting |  | you are precontracting |  | he/she/it is precontracting |  | we are precontracting |  | you are precontracting |  | they are precontracting | 
 | Present Perfect | 
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 | I have precontracted |  | you have precontracted |  | he/she/it has precontracted |  | we have precontracted |  | you have precontracted |  | they have precontracted | 
 | Past Continuous | 
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 | I was precontracting |  | you were precontracting |  | he/she/it was precontracting |  | we were precontracting |  | you were precontracting |  | they were precontracting | 
 | Past Perfect | 
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 | I had precontracted |  | you had precontracted |  | he/she/it had precontracted |  | we had precontracted |  | you had precontracted |  | they had precontracted | 
 | Future | 
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 | I will precontract |  | you will precontract |  | he/she/it will precontract |  | we will precontract |  | you will precontract |  | they will precontract | 
 | Future Perfect | 
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 | I will have precontracted |  | you will have precontracted |  | he/she/it will have precontracted |  | we will have precontracted |  | you will have precontracted |  | they will have precontracted | 
 | Future Continuous | 
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 | I will be precontracting |  | you will be precontracting |  | he/she/it will be precontracting |  | we will be precontracting |  | you will be precontracting |  | they will be precontracting | 
 | Present Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I have been precontracting |  | you have been precontracting |  | he/she/it has been precontracting |  | we have been precontracting |  | you have been precontracting |  | they have been precontracting | 
 | Future Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I will have been precontracting |  | you will have been precontracting |  | he/she/it will have been precontracting |  | we will have been precontracting |  | you will have been precontracting |  | they will have been precontracting | 
 | Past Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I had been precontracting |  | you had been precontracting |  | he/she/it had been precontracting |  | we had been precontracting |  | you had been precontracting |  | they had been precontracting | 
 | Conditional | 
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 | I would precontract |  | you would precontract |  | he/she/it would precontract |  | we would precontract |  | you would precontract |  | they would precontract | 
 | Past Conditional | 
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 | I would have precontracted |  | you would have precontracted |  | he/she/it would have precontracted |  | we would have precontracted |  | you would have precontracted |  | they would have precontracted | 
 
 Precontract
 PRECONTRACT. An engagement entered into by a person, which renders him unable to enter into another; as a promise or covenant of marriage to be had afterwards. When made per verba de presenti, it is in fact a marriage, and in that case the party making it cannot marry another person. |