But he insists they are stories first , not allegories .

但他坚持他们首先是故事，而不是寓言。

This faith , said he , is but a borrowed plagiarism from one of the many allegories invented by our priests of old .

这种信仰，他说，只不过是从一个寓言中抄袭来的，我们过去的祭司们曾编造过许多这样的寓言。

The kind of mental comparison that is expressed in similes or metaphors or allegories .

用明喻隐喻讽喻表示的内心的比较。