環(huán)保又省力的“電動(dòng)腳踏車(chē)”

Pedelec refers to a bicycle equipped with an electric motor that assists the rider's pedaling.

“電動(dòng)腳踏車(chē)”指裝有助力騎車(chē)人蹬車(chē)的電機(jī)的自行車(chē)。

該詞是由pedal(腳踏車(chē))和electric(電動(dòng)的)組合而成的。

除了pedelec，其他常見(jiàn)裝有小型電機(jī)的輕便式交通工具還有scooter(小輪摩托車(chē))和electric bike(電動(dòng)自行車(chē))。

For example：

Previously, electric bikes and pedelecs — bicycles fitted with small motors — were required to share the road with cars, though the laws were decidedly fuzzy.

此前，當(dāng)局要求裝有小型電機(jī)的電動(dòng)腳踏車(chē)和電動(dòng)自行車(chē)與汽車(chē)共用車(chē)道，雖然法律對(duì)此的界定顯然很模糊。