In homs at any rate it has managed to turn a drab working-class suburb into a symbol of hope .
至少在霍姆斯，它把一个没什么特色的工人阶级聚集的教区变成了希望的象征。
At any rate together these sources create a more active more demanding set of users than is found in proprietary software .
至少，集合这些资源创造了一批更活跃、更苛刻的用户，而这在私有软件里是不可能的。
At any rate there is turmoil within the group : many senior executives departed earlier this year amid cost cuts .
无论如何，集团内部难免一场动荡；在今年早些时候的成本削减计划中，许多高管已经离开了三星。
But since it may take 18 years to fill the dam ( compared with 18 days in principle for china 's three gorges ) there may be no water left over or at any rate not enough for uzbekistan 's cotton-growers .