(Economics 经济学) [uncountable; countable, usually plural] any person or thing that is involved in producing goods or providing services（生产产品或提供服务过程中人力或物力的）投入◆Women provide 25% of the labour input in farming.妇女占农业劳动力投入的 25%。◆Inputs of labour, capital and energy are becoming more costly.劳动力、资本和能源的投入越来越昂贵。◆The increase in input costs was largely due to the rise in oil prices.投入成本的增加主要源于石油价格的上涨。 SYN factor of production  ➡  output [uncountable, countable] advice, ideas, knowledge, etc. that you give to a project, meeting, etc. in order to make it succeed; the act of doing this投入资源（指建议、思想、知识等）；投入；输入◆I'd appreciate your input on this.我将非常感激你在这方面的投入。◆Do your employees have an input into the decision-making process?你的员工参与制订决策吗？◆We get customer input early in the development of new products.我们让顾客尽早投入到新产品的开发过程中。 (IT 信息技术) [uncountable] the act of putting information into a computer; the information that you put in输入；输入的资讯◆data input资料登录◆This program accepts input from most word processors.这个程序可接受大多数文字处理器输入的资讯。  ➡  output [countable] a place or means for electricity, data, etc. to enter a machine or system（电、资料等的）输入端口◆Is there an audio input on the PC?个人电脑上有音频输入端口吗？  ➡  output