Otherwise的理解

The spy’s repeated bungling was, above all else, an obstacle to those who wished to thwart her efforts, since it was so unpredictable as to obscure any pattern that might otherwise lead to her capture.
这句话网上对otherwise的分析都是,用的它"本来是这样,因为前面的原因不行"那种感觉的意思,乍一看好像没问题,这句话就表达这个间谍因为犯的错太多,他的行为难以预测以致于很多本该被抓的马脚都被掩盖,这种感觉,但我仔细一想,如果是这样,otherwise根本不需要不是吗?
it was so unpredictable as to obscure any pattern that might lead to her capture.
这样就够了,加上otherwise,反而就像是说他本该被抓,但这些pattern让他不被抓,而这pattern却被obscure了?这样理解起来反而就很怪
私以为这里的otherwise应该是,“换句话说”,就像
I can’t meet you on Tuesday - I’m otherwise engaged/occupied
里的otherwise那种感觉的?其实我就不太理解这种情况的otherwise是为了表达什么加上去的,希望有大佬能解惑

嗯,我也想过这种理解,只是这种句子能用that修饰吗


看了下OED
貌似与此义相同
That would otherwise exist without qualification.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 51 At the table aboue all others their otherwise equals.

1892 D. A. Clarke in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 650 Stone crosses…give a decided relief to their otherwise dullness.
1992 B. Coote Trade Trap vi. 68 The income they earn from it is likely to be their only source of cash to supplement their otherwise subsistence economy.