at any rate

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介词短语
  1. In any case: anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought or discount its importance. conjunctive
    — Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.
  2. In any case: by any measure, any way one slices it; used to emphasize that a point matters no matter which instance is operative or how one looks at the situation.
    — At any rate, no aircraft can leave this hangar until no fewer than three inspectors have signed off on it.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, any, rate.
    — Mr Chairman, I'd point out here that taxation without representation is an affront at any rate, low or high, but it is especially galling at the rate that Mr Smith proposes.
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