Than would otherwise be the case应该怎么翻译呢？请举个例子吧

than they would otherwise be 中 otherwise意思是“另一种情况下”
比如下面的例子
in a crisis people are more on edge and agitated than they would otherwise be。
翻译：
在面对危机之时人们比平时（没有危机的时候）更加焦虑不安