() [; , ]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於石油价格的上涨。SYNfactor of production ➡output
[, ]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。
() [] 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
[] 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？