(~s)
If you refer to something or someone as a ~, you mean that people’s attempts to change or influence them have no chance of succeeding.
They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a ~.
N-COUNT
(~s)
If you refer to something or someone as a ~, you mean that people’s attempts to change or influence them have no chance of succeeding.
They do not want to expend energy in what, to them, is a ~.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012