at any rate

英 [æt ˈeni reɪt]

美 [æt ˈeni reɪt]

不管怎样; 无论如何（表示现在所说的话更为重要、而非之前所言）; 至少

英英释义

adv

• used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
  1. Anyhow, he is dead now
  2. I think they're aslee
  3. I don't know what happened to i
  4. anyway, there is another factor to consider
  5. I don't know how it starte
  6. in any event, the government faced a serious protest
  7. but at any rate he got a knighthood for it
  Synonym:anyhowanywayanywaysin any casein any event
• if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial)
  1. at least he survived
  2. they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary
  3. the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching
  Synonym:at leastleastwaysleastwise

双语例句

• At any rate, it was a long uphill struggle for them.
  无论如何，对他们说来，这是一场长期的艰苦的斗争。
• At any rate the task must be fulfilled.
  无论如何，任务总得完成。
• At any rate, that's the question we'll turn to next time.
  无论如何，我们将下次探讨这个问题。
• But at any rate, this was Christmas and we were shopping.
  不过无论如何，那时圣诞节我们去逛街了。
• At any rate, I must go on Monday.
  无论如何，星期一我一定要去。
• It was at any rate not a step to be lightly taken.
  它至少不是一个可以轻易采取的步骤。
• Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
  好吧，不管怎样，还是要感谢你所做的一切。
• At any rate, the medical supplies will reach you within a week.
  无论如何，医疗用品将于一星期内运到你那里。
• She modestly suggests that 'sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference'
  她谨慎地提出“性别，至少是男女的性征，也许能解释这个差异”。
• At any rate, one question was settled.
  无论如何，有一个问题已经解决了。