trying to win support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas

His unfunded public spending promises are particularly demagogic. 他在没有资金支持的情况下对公共开支作出的承诺尤其能蛊惑人心。

Demagogic politicians were tempted to exaggerate the threat of communism. 蛊惑人心的政客们总想夸大共产主义的威胁。