He had slipped from hardness into affability.是什么意思？

He had slipped from hardness into affability.

他从声色俱厉变得和颜悦色.

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

slipped

adj. 打滑，打滑的；v. 滑( slip的过去式和过去分词 )，滑脱，下降，（健康状况等）变差；

例句
They picked up momentum, then slipped into neutral and coasted quietly down the slope.
他们加大油门，再切入空挡，随后没大响动地滑下山坡。

from

prep. （表示时间）从…，（表示原因）因为，（表示来源）来自…，（表示分离）与…分离[隔开]；

例句
...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试

hardness

n. 坚硬，<物>硬性，困难，冷酷；

例句
He had slipped from hardness into affability.
他从声色俱厉变得和颜悦色.

into

prep. （表示方向）进入…中，（表示所属）输入，（表示状态）进入…状态，（表示时间）持续到；

例句
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies...
到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。

affability

n. 和蔼，亲切；

例句
Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.
在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅.