strife /straif/ n. ［u］斗争，冲突：strife within the community社区内部的冲突；internal strife内讧；at strife不和，相争 We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。The country has been torn apart by years of civil strife.这个国家因多年的内乱弄得四分五裂。