The research of T V W, the economist of Columbia university, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it was the masses beneath them that are left behind.
Her otherwise red checks turn pale.
In others words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
1、第一句的otherwise如何理解和翻译呢？
2、第二三句的otherwise我在字典中没找到相应的意思，请问这是什么含义？
我标出来了，你一个人琢磨吧。我也不懂为何是如此。我助你提点热度（*/㉨＼*）捂脸