at any rate idiom
C2 无论如何,不管怎样
whatever happens
Well, I'm not going home on foot, at any rate. 哼,无论如何我都不会步行回家。
(表示更确切地说明)不管怎样,至少
something you say to show that you are going to say something more exactly
I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it. 我觉得他们不喜欢我的主意,至少他们不是很热心。