Deregulation is the name for that change — the policy, or the stretch of years, when a government removes or loosens rules on a kind of business. You will hear 'airline deregulation' or 'financial deregulation': not one afternoon's decision so much as a direction.

Deregulation is the name for that changeDeregulation（解除管制）是這種改變的名字 — the policy, or the stretch of years——指那項政策，或那段時期 when a government removes or loosens rules on a kind of business政府對某種產業鬆綁或取消規定。You will hear 'airline deregulation' or 'financial deregulation'你會聽到『airline deregulation（航空業解除管制）』或『financial deregulation（金融業解除管制）』 : not one afternoon's decision so much as a direction：與其說是一個下午的決定，不如說是一個方向。

Papers and politicians use it; ordinary chat usually says 'they took the rules away' instead. Like the verb, the noun is not automatically good or bad. Some people tell it as a freedom story; some tell it as the background to a crash.

Papers and politicians use it報紙和政治人物會用這個字 ordinary chat usually says 'they took the rules away' instead一般聊天通常只會說『they took the rules away（他們把規定拿掉了）』。Like the verb就像動詞一樣 the noun is not automatically good or bad這個名詞本身不代表好或壞。Some people tell it as a freedom story有些人把它講成一個自由的故事 some tell it as the background to a crash有些人卻把它講成一場崩盤的背景。

Though actually, a country can loosen rules in one field and keep tight rules in another, so the word is safer when it says which business it means. In that wide meaning we usually say deregulation, not 'a deregulation', unless we mean one specific round of it.

Though actually不過其實 a country can loosen rules in one field and keep tight rules in another一個國家可能在某個領域鬆綁，卻在另一個領域維持嚴格的規定 so the word is safer when it says which business it means所以這個字最好講清楚指的是哪個產業。In that wide meaning we usually say deregulation, not 'a deregulation'在這個廣義的用法裡，我們通常會說deregulation，而不是『a deregulation』 unless we mean one specific round of it除非指的是某一次特定的鬆綁行動。