free association
noun [uncountable]the mental process by which one word or image may suggest another without any obvious connection 自由联想： 一个单词或图像可能暗示另一个而没有任何明显联系的心理过程Many of the images seem to have been arrived at by means of free association. 许多图像似乎是通过自由联想获得的。
a method of treating a patient by asking them to use the mental process of free association 自由结社： 一种通过要求患者使用自由结社的心理过程来治疗患者的方法Freud insisted on free association as the mainspring of analysis. 弗洛伊德坚持认为自由联想是分析的主要动力。