at any rate 1. 无论如何，不管怎么说；至少 At any rate, I must go on Monday. 无论如何，星期一我一定要去。 If she is stupid, she's at any rate pleasant to look at. 如果说她脑袋不灵，她这人至少容貌不错。 2. [用以进一步说明上文] I don't know exactly what he did in industry. But at any rate he got a knighthood for it. 我并不确知他在实业界作出过何种贡献，反正他是因此得到了爵位。 Come early evening. After teatime, at any rate. 请傍晚来。或者说，过了午茶时间来就行。