Engelsk biord: at any rate | |||
1. | at any rate used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | anyhow, anyway, anyways, in any case, in any event | ||
2. | at any rate if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | at least, leastways, leastwise | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||