1. She had mellowed a great deal since their days at college. 大学毕业以后,她成熟了许多。
2. He became a taciturn man, a man not easy to live with. Later, when the older children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little. 他变成了一个沉默寡言的人、一个不容易相处的人。后来,等大点的孩子们结了婚,也有了他们自己的孩子,他变得平和了些。