* at all costs = at any cost [ regardless of the difficulty or cost; no matter what ]
無論如何；不惜一切代價
I intend to have that car at all costs.
無論如何我都要得到那輛車。
I’ll get there by seven o’clock at all costs.
無論如何，我會在七點以前到達那裡。
He likes to win at all costs, even if he has to cheat to do it.
She was determined to win at any cost.
Sue was going to get that job at any cost.
蘇無論如何都要得到那份工作。
. intend [0n}tGnd ] v. 企圖；意欲；想
* at any rate [ in any case; anyhow ] 無論如何；反正；不管怎樣
At any rate, we had a nice time at your party.
無論如何，在你的宴會上我們都很快樂。
Well, that’s one good piece of news at any rate.
I may be away on business next week but at any rate I’ll be back by Friday.
* at best = at most [ if the best happens ] 至多；充其量 ( 亦可用 at the best;
at the most)
I believe her to be totally negligent. Her actions were careless at best.
我相信她是全然的怠忽，她的行為漫不經心至極。
At best, my car will go only eighty kilometers an hour.
我的車每小時最多只能跑八十公里。
His chances of victory are, at best, uncertain.
At best he will get an 85 on the exam.
At the most he was careless, but not criminal.
充其量他只是不小心，並非犯罪。
It was a minor offense at most.
它至多只是一個小小的冒犯而已。
The whole process will take half an hour at the most.
A new engine would cost, at most, two thousand dollars.
She guessed him to be in his late thirties. Forty at the very most.
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