They’ve had technical problems – at any rate that’s what they told me.
他们遇到了技术问题——反正他们是这么跟我说的。
b)used to introduce a statement that is more important than what was said before 无论如何,不管怎样〔用于提出比刚才所说更为重要的事〕SYN anyway
Well, at any rate, the next meeting will be on Wednesday.
好了,不管怎样,下次会议将在星期三召开。
Examples from the Corpus
at any rate• Under his influencecourage was quickened and fearbanished, at any rate for the moment.• Out of the house at any rate.• Reminder bells went off, at any rate, and I wondered what the story was.• The freshcheese with cream was all we, or at any rate I, wanted.• Or at any rate, he is with one of the research teams working on the man project.• It is assumed that de Reszke was dissatisfied with test-pressings; at any rate, neither was issued.• They were fairly certain he was immune; certain enough to consider it worth the risk, at any rate.• That's what they said, at any rate.• So, at any rate, was it.• Well, at any rate, the next meeting will be on Wednesday.