help!

bigmouse

(A) People should be prohibited from engaging in an otherwise legal activity would unavoidable expose others to harm.

请帮我翻译一下这句话，尤其是otherwise的意思？

bigmouse

呵呵，谢谢提醒！

uclb5550

you must cultivate the habit of checking dictionary. otherwise, you would become too depentant on others.

to think otherwise, you will get a different idea.

can you appreciate the nuanace for the two sentences?

bigmouse

呵呵，谢谢！但这个词的意思考了很多，好像我每次总是吃不准它的意思，可否指点一下？

uclb5550

otherwise =different  ( in this sentence )