他们是因为患有一种使他门忽视孩子的基础精神病而过于上网。

They used the Internet too much because they had some underlying problem that also caused them to neglect their child.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他们 men they; them
=2 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 shì variant of shì
3 因为 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
4 患有 huànyǒu
  1. to contract (an illness)
  2. to be afflicted with
  3. to suffer from
5 一种 zhǒng one kind of; one type of
6 使 shǐ
  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger
7
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 and 他人 rén)
=8 Mén surname Men
=8 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: ,

9 忽视 shì to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
10 孩子 háizi child
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 基础 chǔ
  1. base; foundation; basis
  2. basic; fundamental
13 精神病 jīngshénbìng
  1. mental disorder
  2. psychosis
14 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
15 过于 guò excessively; too
16 上网 shàngwǎng
  1. to go online
  2. to connect to the Internet
  3. (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet
  4. (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net