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。

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。