at any rate

英 [æt 'enɪ reɪt] 美 [æt 'eniː reɪt]

• 无论如何； 至少

英英释义

Adverb:

1. used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement;

   "Anyhow, he is dead now"
   "I think they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"
   "I don't know what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"
   "anyway, there is another factor to consider"
   "I don't know how it started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"
   "in any event, the government faced a serious protest"
   "but at any rate he got a knighthood for it"
   

2. if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);

   "at least he survived"
   "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
   "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• yet 还
• in any event 不管怎样
• leastwise 至少
• anyway 不管怎样
• anyhow 无论如何
• leastways <方言>至少
• at least 至少
• in any case 无论如何
• anyways 不管怎样