at any rate
In any case: anyway, anyhow, regardlessIn any case: anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought or discount its importance.
» We'll never make it at this rate.
Такими темпами у нас вообще ничего не получится. — marafon
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3 senses(conjunctive)In any case: anyway, anyhow, regardless; used to discard a previous thought or discount its importance.
Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.
He's stinking rich — or, at any rate, pretty well off.
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.
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.
Examples
122 sentencesWe'll never make it at this rate.
ruТакими темпами у нас вообще ничего не получится. — marafon
It's at best a second-rate hotel.
deDas Hotel ist bestenfalls zweitklassig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
At any rate, I hope you can come.
ruВо всяком случае, я надеюсь, что ты сможешь прийти. — Wezel
At any rate, the program was a success.
deAuf jeden Fall war das Programm ein Erfolg. — xtofu80
We have to investigate the cause at any rate.