In money talk, deflation is when the money side of a country shrinks, so prices fall, or stop going up. Shops have to charge less; pay may fall too.

In money talk在談錢的時候，deflation is when the money side of a country shrinksdeflation（通貨緊縮）指的是一個國家的貨幣面萎縮，so prices fall, or stop going up導致物價下跌，或不再上漲。Shops have to charge less店家得把價格訂低一點；pay may fall too薪水也可能跟著下降。

People sometimes wait to buy, because they think things will be cheaper later — and that waiting can make the fall worse. News and economics class use this word.

People sometimes wait to buy人們有時候會等一等再買，because they think things will be cheaper later因為覺得之後東西會更便宜——and that waiting can make the fall worse而這種等待又會讓下跌變得更嚴重。News and economics class use this word新聞和經濟學課堂會用到這個字。

It is the opposite of inflation, when prices keep rising. The picture behind it is air going out of something, but in this sense we are not talking about a tyre; economists borrowed that picture for a whole country’s prices.

It is the opposite of inflation它是inflation（通膨）的反義詞，when prices keep rising通膨是物價一直往上漲。The picture behind it is air going out of something這個字背後的畫面是東西在洩氣，but in this sense we are not talking about a tyre不過這裡指的不是輪胎；economists borrowed that picture for a whole country's prices經濟學家借用了那個畫面，來形容整個國家的物價。

Ordinary talk in Taiwan usually says 通縮. Careful users mean a general fall in prices, not one shop’s cheap sale.

Ordinary talk in Taiwan usually says 通縮台灣日常說話通常會直接說「通縮」。Careful users mean a general fall in prices講究一點的人指的是整體物價下跌，not one shop's cheap sale不是某一家店在打折。