In such circumstances, the admittedly very real risks of synthetic biology seem decisively outweighed by the hope that it may enable us to avert a looming environmental catastrophe.
由此看来，人造生命的种种显而易见的风险，相对于其可以帮助我们避免一场不断逼近的环境大灾难的作用来说，都是微不足道的了。