if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);
"at least he survived"
"they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
"the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
双语例句
1. I was thrilled when I found a sign that said baggage claim. Leastwise I would know where accurately to go.
当我看见前方有一个大大的“行李申领处”标示牌时，我兴奋极了，因为至少我明白该往哪边走了。
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2. ''Tisn't a city, the place I mean; leastwise 'twaddn' when I was there--'twas a little one-eyed, blinking sort o' place.'
3. If I had more respect to my life than the peace of the kingdom, I should've made a defence for myself that might leastwise have delayed the ugly sentence which I believe you will pass on me.
4. If I had more respect to my life than the peace of the kingdom, I should've made a defence for myself that might leastwise have delayed the ugly sentence which I believe you will pass on me.
