小编要跟大家分享的是雅思写作中如何淡化前文描述的内容，强调后面的文字。在用中文说经常表达为“不管怎么样”，“无论如何”，甚至更简单，可以说成“不过”“然而”，含有轻微转折的意味。
这一类型被归为Dismissal ，这个词本身是“解雇、免职”的意思，在此可以理解为不要太理会刚刚说过的内容（dismissing what has been said prior），而是把重点放在当前内容上。共有3组词。
1. Anyhow
○ Anyhow, I’ll just take the next train instead.
不管怎样，我还是坐下一班火车吧。
○ The scandal could damage her reputation but the press reported it anyhow.
这宗丑闻可能损害她的名声，不过报纸还是给登了出来。
○ I’ve never been to a circus, not recently anyhow.
我从没看过马戏，至少没看过。
○ A mass of tired old clouds opened and flung snow at us, all of a sudden and just anyhow.
疲惫的老云彩乌压压的，尽情的向我们投掷着雪团，总之一切就是这么的突然。

2. At any rate
○ At any rate, learning a new language will not be easy.
不管怎么说，学习一门新语言并不容易。
○ I say predecessors, for aphorismic literature at any rate was no novelty in Spain.
我说先辈们，对于格言文学来说，在西班牙无论如何都不新奇。
○ That, at any rate, is as fair a conclusion as any, given that Berry and Obama and millions like them are the products of one black parent and one white one.
不管怎样，这是一个放之四海皆准的公正结论，因为贝瑞和，以及与他们情况相似的数百万人，都是一位黑人父母与一位白人父母的后代。
○ We will have at any rate in our cathedral a decent, godly, modest morning service.
在咱们的大教堂里，至少要有一种体面的，神圣的， 朴实的早礼拜式。
3. Anyway
○ I was trying to get your attention earlier. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now.
我本想早点引起你的注意的。不管怎样，现在无所谓了。
○ Catherine wasn’t sure the book was the right one, but she bought it anyway.
凯瑟琳不能确定就是这本书，但她还是买了。
○ This idea probably won’t work, but let’s try it anyway.
这个办法可能行不通，不过我们还是试试吧。
○ They didn’t have any trainers in my size, and anyway I’d already decided I’d rather save the money.
他们卖的运动鞋没有我的尺码，不过反正我也已经决定还是省点钱吧。
近义词
1. anyhow= anyway, however
2. at any rate = in any case
3. anyway= however, anyhow