长篇大论

That long odyssey is not so in the world of bin Laden or an Iranian theocrat — or the ignorant who stream out of the madrassas and Friday fundamentalist harangues along the Afghan-Pakistani border.

个漫长的征程并不像一个伊朗的神权主样，或是一个愚昧样疯狂的叫嚣，也不像星期五时的原教主在阿富汗和巴基斯坦边界上所做的长篇大论的说教。