据我所知，setTimeout函数是异步调用的。你能做的是将整个循环包装在一个异步函数中，并等待一个包含setTimeout的Promise，如下所示:

var looper = async function () {
  for (var start = 1; start < 10; start++) {
    await new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
      setTimeout(function () {
        console.log("iteration: " + start.toString());
        resolve(true);
      }, 1000);
    });
  }
  return true;
}

然后像这样调用运行它:

looper().then(function(){
  console.log("DONE!")
});

请花些时间好好理解异步编程。

简单实现了在循环运行期间每两秒显示一段文本。

for (var i = 0; i < foo.length; i++) {
   setInterval(function(){ 
     console.log("I will appear every 2 seconds"); 
   }, 2000);
  break;
};

我认为你需要这样的东西:

var TimedQueue = function(defaultDelay){
    this.queue = [];
    this.index = 0;
    this.defaultDelay = defaultDelay || 3000;
};

TimedQueue.prototype = {
    add: function(fn, delay){
        this.queue.push({
            fn: fn,
            delay: delay
        });
    },
    run: function(index){
        (index || index === 0) && (this.index = index);
        this.next();
    },
    next: function(){
        var self = this
        , i = this.index++
        , at = this.queue[i]
        , next = this.queue[this.index]
        if(!at) return;
        at.fn();
        next && setTimeout(function(){
            self.next();
        }, next.delay||this.defaultDelay);
    },
    reset: function(){
        this.index = 0;
    }
}

测试代码:

var now = +new Date();

var x = new TimedQueue(2000);

x.add(function(){
    console.log('hey');
    console.log(+new Date() - now);
});
x.add(function(){
    console.log('ho');
    console.log(+new Date() - now);
}, 3000);
x.add(function(){
    console.log('bye');
    console.log(+new Date() - now);
});

x.run();

注意:使用警报暂停javascript执行，直到你关闭警报。 它的代码可能比您要求的要多，但这是一个健壮的可重用解决方案。

我只是想在这里发表我的意见。此函数运行具有延迟的迭代循环。请看这个jsfiddle。函数如下:

function timeout(range, time, callback){
    var i = range[0];                
    callback(i);
    Loop();
    function Loop(){
        setTimeout(function(){
            i++;
            if (i<range[1]){
                callback(i);
                Loop();
            }
        }, time*1000)
    } 
}

例如:

//This function prints the loop number every second
timeout([0, 5], 1, function(i){
    console.log(i);
});

相当于:

//This function prints the loop number instantly
for (var i = 0; i<5; i++){
    console.log(i);
}

const autoPlayer = (arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) => {
  // Base case:
  if (arr.length < 1) return

  // Remove the first element from the array.
  const item = arr.shift()

  // Set timout 
  setTimeout(() => {
    console.log('Hello, world!', item)  // Visualisation.
    autoPlayer() // Call function again.
  }, 1000) // Iterate every second.
}

Hey, I know this post is very old, but this code "loops" and adds a delay to it using a recursive method. I don't think you can 'actually' delay a loop itself from iterating based on reading various comments from other people. Maybe this can help someone out! Basically the function accepts an array (in this example). On each iteration the setTimeout Javascript method is called. The function calls itself again indefinitely when the timer of the setTimeout function expires, but on each call the array becomes smaller until it reaches the base-case. I hope this can help anyone else out.

下面是我如何创建一个无限循环的延迟，在特定条件下中断:

  // Now continuously check the app status until it's completed, 
  // failed or times out. The isFinished() will throw exception if
  // there is a failure.
  while (true) {
    let status = await this.api.getStatus(appId);
    if (isFinished(status)) {
      break;
    } else {
      // Delay before running the next loop iteration:
      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
    }
  }

这里的关键是创建一个通过超时解析的新Promise，并等待它的解析。

显然你需要async/await支持。工作在Node 8。