我们之所以爱自然——其原由之一,至少是由于它不像我们人那样既嫉妒又欺骗。

One of the reasons that we love nature is that, unlike ourselves, nature is not envious or deceitful.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
2 之所以 zhīsuǒ
  1. (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
  2. Example: 我之所以讨厌他 zhīsuǒtǎoyàn "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
3 ài
  1. to love; to be fond of; to like
  2. affection
  3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
4 自然 rán
  1. nature
  2. natural
  3. naturally
=5
  1. his
  2. her
  3. its
  4. their
  5. that
  6. such
  7. it (refers to sth preceding it)
=5
  1. (obsolete) Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  2. (obsolete) Used in personal names.
  3. Used at the end of a sentence to show doubt.
  4. Used in personal names.
=5
  1. (archaic) only used in 彼其
  2. only used in 彼其
6 原由 yuányóu variant of 缘由 yuányóu
7 之一 zhī
  1. one of (sth)
  2. one out of a multitude
  3. one (third, quarter, percent etc)
8 至少 zhìshǎo
  1. at least
  2. (to say the) least
=9 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)
=9 shì variant of shì
10 由于 yóu
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
=11 it
=11 it (pronoun for an animal)
=11 tuō
  1. alternative form of / (tuó)
  2. used in 它它藉藉它它借借
=11 only used in 它它
12
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
13 xiàng
  1. to resemble
  2. to be like
  3. to look as if
  4. such as
  5. appearance
  6. image
  7. portrait
  8. image under a mapping (math.)
14 我们 men we; us; ourselves; our
15 rén person; people

classifiers: ,

16 那样 yàng
  1. that kind
  2. that sort
17
  1. already
  2. since
  3. both... (and...)
18 嫉妒 to be jealous of; to envy
19 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
20 欺骗 piàn
  1. to deceive
  2. to cheat