what makes somebody tick

informalCHARACTER/PERSONALITY the thoughts, feelings, opinions etc that give someone their character or make them behave in a particular way 形成某人性格[影响某人行为]的思想[情感，见解]

I’ve never really understood what makes her tick.

我一直没搞清楚她为何会是这样一个人。

Examples from the Corpus

what makes somebody tick• After working with him for five years, I still don't know what makes him tick.• Try to figure out what makes him tick.• Who are these men and what makes them tick?• As a teacher, you need to get to know your students, find out what makes them tick.• Nobody can figure out what makes him tick.• But they also have ideas about how the social world works and what makes its inhabitants tick.• He's always been interested in what makes people tick.• It's like reading a biography of a favourite author to learn what makes them tick.• Jody has thought a lot about what makes Red tick.• I would listen to what makes you tick and what you like and then be me with those characteristics.• But identifying them, learning about their behaviour and distribution and understanding what makes them tick, requires some enjoyable investigation.

→ what makes somebody tick at tick1(1)

词汇	what makes somebody tick
释义	what makes somebody tick what makes somebody tick informalCHARACTER/PERSONALITY the thoughts, feelings, opinions etc that give someone their character or make them behave in a particular way 形成某人性格[影响某人行为]的思想[情感，见解] I’ve never really understood what makes her tick. 我一直没搞清楚她为何会是这样一个人。 Examples from the Corpus what makes somebody tick• After working with him for five years, I still don't know what makes him tick.• Try to figure out what makes him tick.• Who are these men and what makes them tick?• As a teacher, you need to get to know your students, find out what makes them tick.• Nobody can figure out what makes him tick.• But they also have ideas about how the social world works and what makes its inhabitants tick.• He's always been interested in what makes people tick.• It's like reading a biography of a favourite author to learn what makes them tick.• Jody has thought a lot about what makes Red tick.• I would listen to what makes you tick and what you like and then be me with those characteristics.• But identifying them, learning about their behaviour and distribution and understanding what makes them tick, requires some enjoyable investigation. → what makes somebody tick at tick1(1)
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