| 单词 | at this rate |
| 释义 | at this rateat this rate spokenFUTURE used to say what will happen if things continue to happen in the same way as now 照这样发展下去 At this rate we won’t ever be able to afford a holiday. 照这样下去，我们永远也不会有钱去度假。 Examples from the Corpus at this rate• At this rate, I'll lose $30 million by the end of the season.• Poor Maud can only totter along at this rate.• It was last to start and at this rate, will probably be last to finish.• If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketball coaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.• Indeed, at this rate the City's fears of Labour's policies could make the difference in getting Labour elected.• Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years' time if they continue to multiply at this rate.• Police claim that at this rate, the thief could clear out the entire flock of Trafalgar Square pigeons in seven months.• To miss the odd target is acceptable, but not finds coming up at this rate and in such a confined area.• I calculated miserably-nearly three thousand words at this rate, more than ten pages. → at this rate at rate1(2) |
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