Used in citations to indicate an author or word that has just been mentioned.
用于引文中，表示已提到过的作者或词语同前；同上
Marianne Elliott, Partners in Revolution, 1982; idem, Wolfe Tone, 1989
玛丽安娜·埃利奥特，《革命伙伴》，1982；著者同前，《沃尔夫·托恩》，1989。
Example sentencesExamples
See Gerald A. McCool, SJ, From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism; and idem, The Neo-Thomists.
S. B. Chrimes; idem, The Governance of England: Otherwise Called the Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy, ed.
Richard Taruskin: Stravinsky and the Russian traditions: a biography of the works through Mavra (Oxford, 1996); idem: Defining Russia musically: historical and hermeneutical essays (Princeton, 1997).
Origin
Latin, 'the same'.
Definition of idem in US English:
idem
adverb
Used in citations to indicate an author or work that has just been mentioned.
用于引文中，表示已提到过的作者或词语同前；同上
Marianne Elliott, Partners in Revolution, 1982; idem, Wolfe Tone, 1989
玛丽安娜·埃利奥特，《革命伙伴》，1982；著者同前，《沃尔夫·托恩》，1989。
Example sentencesExamples
S. B. Chrimes; idem, The Governance of England: Otherwise Called the Difference between an Absolute and a Limited Monarchy, ed.
Richard Taruskin: Stravinsky and the Russian traditions: a biography of the works through Mavra (Oxford, 1996); idem: Defining Russia musically: historical and hermeneutical essays (Princeton, 1997).
See Gerald A. McCool, SJ, From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism; and idem, The Neo-Thomists.