Not having much money, Mary decided to thumb a ride to New York.

玛丽因钱不多，决定搭便车到纽约去。

Since we ran out of gas, we were forced to thumb a ride into the city.

我们的车没油了，只得搭便车进城。

You dont have to know a guys life history just to thumb a ride with him.

当你仅仅为打个便车，你没有必要了解开车人的生活历史。

You don't have to know a guy's life history just to thumb a ride with him.

当你仅仅为打个便车，你没有必要了解开车人的的生活历史。

Americans "thumb" a ride, while many Europeans wave the whole hand up and down when hitchhiking.

美国人用“大拇指”表示搭车，欧洲人要搭车时则是上下挥手。