With the money at least

The banks and insurers who sold money-market funds had promised their investors that, as with bank deposits, they would at least get their money back.

那些销售货币市场基金的银行和保险公司曾向其投资者们许下承诺，称他们可以像银行存款那样至少取回自己的钱。

Some economists may be cheap, at least by the standards of other people, because of their training or a fascination with money and choices that drives them to the field.

有些经济学家也许喜欢捡便宜，或者至少按其他人的标准看来是这样，这是因为他们受过专业训练，或者正是因为对金钱和选择的着迷，使得他们进入这个领域。

"At least he's doing some positive things with the money," says one foreign mining executive.

“至少他拿着钱做了一些有益的事情，”一位外国矿业主管说道。