rate是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 速率; 等级; 价格, 费用v. 估价; 评级, 评价,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- At any rate one can't go on living on the old bones of beauty."
-- At any rate we'll spare ourselves the nausea of stirring the old broth any more.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They go the rounds of all the respectable houses, and receive contributions every Christmas, and we esteemed it a first rate treat to hear them.
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