c. 1200, "quarrel, fight, discord," from Old French estrif "fight, battle, combat, conflict; torment, distress; dispute, quarrel," variant of estrit "quarrel, dispute, impetuosity," probably from Frankish *strid "strife, combat" or another Germanic source (compare Old High German strit "quarrel, dispute"), related to Old High German stritan "to fight;" see stride (v.).
例文
1. Beset by ethnic strife ，the province remains ungovernable.
同省は人種衝突に悩まされて暴走した。
2.It remains a highly unstable and strife -torn country.
これは依然として不安定で衝突の絶えない国である。
3.The country was torn apart by strife .
この国は内部紛争で四分五裂している。
4.The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife .
反動支配グループ内部は心を鬼にして、四分五裂している。
5.We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife .